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A watch dealer pays custom duty on a watch that cost abroad. For how much should he mark it, if he desires to make a profit of after giving a discount of to the buyer?
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Important Questions on Profit & Loss
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A shopkeeper buys an article for and marks it for sale at a price that gives him profit on his cost. He, however, gives a discount on the marked price to his customer. Calculate the actual percentage profit made by the shopkeeper.
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In the land of the famous milkman Merghese Durian, a milkman sells his buffalo for at some profit. Had he sold his buffalo at , the quantum of the loss incurred would have been double that of the profit earned. What is the cost price?
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A trader purchases apples at per hundred. He spends on the transportation. What should be the selling price per to earn a profit of ?
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A dishonest dealer professes to sell at cost price but uses a gram weight instead of a kilogram weight. Find the percent profit to the dealer.
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Mithilesh makes articles at a cost of paise per article. He fixes the selling price such that if only articles are sold, he would have made a profit of on the outlay. However, articles got spoilt and he was able to sell articles at this price. Find his actual profit percent as the percentage of total outlay assuming that the unsold articles are useless.
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A manufacturer estimates that on inspection of the articles he produces will be rejected. He accepts an order to supply articles at each. He estimates the profit on his outlay including the manufacturing of rejected articles, to be . Find the cost of manufacturing each article.
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The cost of setting up the type of a magazine is . The cost of running the printing machine is per copies. The cost of paper, ink and so on is paise per copy. The magazines are sold at each. copies are printed, but only copies are sold. What is the sum to be obtained from advertisements to give a profit of on the cost?
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A tradesman fixed his selling price of goods at above the cost price. He sells half the stock at this price, one-quarter of his stock at a discount of on the original selling price and rest at a discount of on the original selling price. Find the gain percent altogether.
