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A bakery bakes cake with the expectation that it will earn a profit of $40 %$ by selling each cake at marked price. But during the delivery to showroom $16 %$ of the cakes were completely damaged and hence could not be sold. $24 %$ of the cakes were slightly damaged and hence could be sold at $80 %$ of the cost price. The remaining $60 %$ of the cakes were sold at marked price. What is the percentage profit in the whole consignment?

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Important Questions on Profit and Loss

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Magical Book on Quicker Maths>Chapter 18 - Profit and Loss>Exercises>Q 36

A shopkeeper bought

84

identical shirts priced at

₹ 240

each. He spent a total of

₹ 3200

on transportation and packaging. He put the label of marked price of

₹ 420

on each shirt. He offered a discount of

15 %

on each shirt at the marked price. What is the total profit of the shopkeeper in the whole transaction?

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Magical Book on Quicker Maths>Chapter 18 - Profit and Loss>Exercises>Q 37

A merchant buys two items for

₹ 7500

. He sells one item at a profit of

16 %

and the other item at

14 %

loss. In the deal he makes neither any profit nor any loss. What is the difference between the selling price of both the items? (in

₹

)

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Magical Book on Quicker Maths>Chapter 18 - Profit and Loss>Exercises>Q 38

An item was bought for

₹ X

and sold for

₹ Y

, thereby earning a profit of

20 %

. If the value of

X

been

15 %

less and the value of

Y

₹ 76

less, a profit of

30 %

would have been earned. What was the value of '

X

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Magical Book on Quicker Maths>Chapter 18 - Profit and Loss>Exercises>Q 39

A bought a certain quantity of oranges at a total cost of

₹ 1200

. He sold

\frac{1}{3}

of those oranges at

20 %

loss. If A earns an overall profit of

10 %

, at what percentage profit did A sell the rest of the oranges?

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Magical Book on Quicker Maths>Chapter 18 - Profit and Loss>Exercises>Q 40

A trader has

600 kg

of rice, a part of which he sells at

15 %

profit and the remaining quantity at

20 %

loss. On the whole, he incurs an overall loss of

6 %

. What is the quantity of rice he sold at

20 %

loss ?

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Magical Book on Quicker Maths>Chapter 18 - Profit and Loss>Exercises>Q 41

Two mobile phones were purchased at the same price. One was sold at a profit of

20 %

and another was sold at a price which was

₹ 1520

less than the price at which the first was sold. If the overall profit earned by selling both the mobile phones was

1 %

, what was the cost price of one mobile phone?

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Magical Book on Quicker Maths>Chapter 18 - Profit and Loss>Exercises>Q 42

The cost price of article A is

₹ 100

more than the cost price of article B. Article A was sold at

40 %

profit and article B was sold at

40 %

loss. If the overall profit earned after selling both the articles is

5 %

, then what is the cost price of article B?

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Magical Book on Quicker Maths>Chapter 18 - Profit and Loss>Exercises>Q 43

A trader sells two bullocks for

₹ 8, 400

each, neither losing nor gaining in total. If he sold one of the bullocks at a gain of

20 %

, the other is sold at a loss of _____.

Important Questions on Profit and Loss

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