Embibe Experts Solutions for Chapter: Profit And Loss, Exercise 1: Profit and Loss

A farmer purchased a piece of land for Rs. 18 lakh and spent Rs. 3 lakh for registration, fencing etc. He sold it for Rs. 24.57 lakh. Find his profit in percentage.

A trader bears a loss of $25\%$ By selling $40$ Needles for a rupee. How many needles should he sell for a rupee in order to earn a profit of $20\%?$

A man sold an article for $₹7200$ after bearing a loss of $\frac{1}{4}th$ of this cost. The cost of the article is

What will be the gain or loss percent, if the cost price of $20$ articles equals the selling price of $30$ articles?

The cost price of $10$ articles is equal to the selling price of $9$ articles. Find the profit percent.

The total loss incurred on selling an article for $Rs.$$19$ is as much as the profit made when it is sold at $5$% profit. To get $5$% profit, what should be its selling price?

If Mohan buys a chair at $75\%$ of its value and sells it for $20\%$ more than its value, his profit will be :

When the purchase price of an article increased by $\mathrm{Rs}. 200$, the shopkeeper had to increase the selling price by $\mathrm{Rs}. 240$. If the profit percentage made by the shopkeeper now is $20\%$, find the profit percentage made by the shopkeeper earlier.