EASY
CAT
IMPORTANT
Earn 100
A man sells a TV at a profit of per cent of the cost. Had he sold it at a profit of per cent of the selling price, his profit would have increased by per cent of the cost price plus . The cost of the TV is:
50% studentsanswered this correctly
Important Questions on Profit, Loss and Discount
EASY
CAT
IMPORTANT
Vishal goes to a shop to buy a radio costing . The rate of sales tax is per cent. He tells the shopkeeper to reduce the price of the radio to such an extent that he has to pay , inclusive of sales tax. Find the reduction needed in the price of the radio.
EASY
CAT
IMPORTANT
The milk supplied to a dairy owner by a villager is per cent pure. The dairy owner, in order to make profit, adds water and dilutes it. He addsL of water to every L of milk (which is purchased at Rs per ). He is able to sell his entire stock at Rs per litre. His profit per cent is
EASY
CAT
IMPORTANT
Sunil marks his goods up by per cent and then allows a discount of and sells it to Anil. Then Anil sells it for more than his purchase price. SP is per cent more than the original CP of the article. Then Anil's profit per cent is
EASY
CAT
IMPORTANT
A tradesman gives per cent discount on the marked price and gives article free for burying every articles and thus gains per cent. The marked price is increased above the cost price by
EASY
CAT
IMPORTANT
A shopkeeper makes a profit of Q per cent by selling an object for . Had the cost price and selling price been interchanged, it would have led to a loss of Q per cent. With the latter cost price, what should be the new selling price to get a profit of Q per cent?
EASY
CAT
IMPORTANT
Mr. Poddar marks his goods at a price that gives him a profit of per cent. per cent of the consignment of goods was lost, per cent was spoiled and had to be sold at two-third the cost price. If the remainder was sold at the marked price, what percentage profit or loss did the dealer make on that consignment?
EASY
CAT
IMPORTANT
After selling a watch, Shyam found that he had made a loss of per cent. He also found that had he sold it for more, he would have made a profit of per cent. The actual loss was what percentage of the profit earned, had he sold the watch for a per cent profit?
EASY
CAT
IMPORTANT
The seller by mistake interchanges the discount of per cent on refrigerator and per cent on the air cooler while making the bill to Ms. Preeti, If the refrigerator costs per cent as much as the air cooler, what per cent extra amount approximately he got for the wrong discount?
