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A shopkeeper marks the price of an article at 250. Find the cost price if after allowing a discount of 20% he still gains 25% on the cost price.

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Important Questions on Profit & Loss

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A shopkeeper marks the price of an article at 250. what will be the selling price of the article if he allows two successive discounts of 10% each?
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A dozen pairs of gloves quoted at 120 are available at a discount of 20%. Find how many pairs of gloves can be bought for 16.
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Find a single discount equivalent to the discount series of 25%, 20%, 10%.
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The printed price of a calculator is 225. A retailer pays 148.5 for it by getting successive discounts of 20% and another rate which is illegible. What is the second discount rate?
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How much percent more than the cost price should a shopkeeper mark his goods, so that after allowing a discount of 6.25% he should have a gain of 25% on his outlay?
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In order to maintain the price line, a trader allows a discount of 20% on the marked price of goods in his shop. However, he still makes a gross profit of 12% on the cost price. Find the profit percent he would have made on the selling price had he sold at the marked price.
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A whole seller allows a discount of 25% on the list price to a retailer. The retailer sells at the 10% discount on the list price. If the customer paid 54 for an article, what is the profit by the retailer?
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A whole-seller allows a discount of 25% on the list price to a retailer. The retailer sells at 10% discount on the list price. If the customer paid 54 for an article, find the retailer’s percentage profit on his cost giving your answer correct to two decimal places.