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A dishonest retailer cheats his wholesaler and customer both. He purchases 19% more from the wholesaler and sells 15% less while selling to its customer. What is profit percentage by selling the goods at cost price?

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Important Questions on Profit, Loss and Discount

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Quantum CAT Also Useful for XAT>Chapter 6 - SNAP>CMAT>Q 32
Rotomac produces very fine quality of writing pens. Company knows that on an average 10% of the produced pens are always defective, so are rejected before packing. Company promises to deliver 7200 pens to its wholesaler at ₹ 10 each. It estimates the overall profit on all the manufactured pens to be 25%. What is the manufacturing cost of each pen?
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Quantum CAT Also Useful for XAT>Chapter 6 - SNAP>CMAT>Q 33

Pratibha printers prepares diaries expecting to earn a profit of 40% by selling on the marked price. But during transportation 8% diaries were got spoiled due to at random rain and 32% could be sold only at 75% of the cost price. Thus, the remaining 60% diaries could be sold at the expected price. What is the net profit or loss in the whole consignment?

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Quantum CAT Also Useful for XAT>Chapter 6 - SNAP>CMAT>Q 34

Radhey Lal markup the prices of sweets by 40% and he sold only 40% of those at this price. He sells half of the rest at \( 14\frac{2}{7}\% \)  Discount and rest at 25% discount. What is the net profit of Radhey Lal? 

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Quantum CAT Also Useful for XAT>Chapter 6 - SNAP>CMAT>Q 37
A dishonest trader marks up his goods by 80% and gives discount of 25%. Besides he gets 20% more amount per kg from wholesaler and sells 10% less per kg to customer. What is the overall profit percentage?
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Quantum CAT Also Useful for XAT>Chapter 6 - SNAP>CMAT>Q 38
A dishonest dealer purchases goods at 20% discount of the cost price of Rs x and also cheats his wholesaler by getting 20% extra through false weighing, per kg. Then, he marks up his goods by 80% of x, but he gives a discount of 25% besides he cheats his customer by weighing 10% less than the required. What is his overall profit percentage?
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Quantum CAT Also Useful for XAT>Chapter 6 - SNAP>CMAT>Q 40
An egg seller sells his eggs only in the packs of 3 eggs, 6 eggs, 9 eggs, 12 eggs etc., but the rate is not necessarily uniform. One day Raju (which is not the same egg seller) purchased at the rate of 3 eggs for a rupee and the next hour he purchased equal number of eggs at the rate of 6 eggs for a rupee. Next day he sold all the eggs at the rate of 9 eggs for ₹ 2. What is his percentage profit or loss?
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Quantum CAT Also Useful for XAT>Chapter 6 - SNAP>CMAT>Q 42
A merchant earns 25% profit in general. Once his 25% consignment was abducted forever by some goondas. Trying to compensate his loss he sold the rest amount by increasing his selling price by 20%. What is the new percentage profit or loss?
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Quantum CAT Also Useful for XAT>Chapter 6 - SNAP>CMAT>Q 43
A milkman purchases 10 litres of milk at ₹ 7 per litre and forms a mixture by adding freely available water which constitutes 16.66% of the mixture. Later on he replaced the mixture by some freely available water and thus the ratio of milk is to water is 2: 1. He then sold the new mixture at cost price of milk and replaced amount of mixture at twice the cost of milk, then what is the profit percentage?