Profit and Loss

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Profit and Loss: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Profit or Loss while Buying and Selling, Purchase Price of an Item, Face Value of the Bill & False Weight of Item etc.

Important Questions on Profit and Loss

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A person sold a horse at a gain of 15%. Had he bought it for 25% less and sold it for  60 less, he would have made a profit of 32%. The cost price of the horse was:

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On selling each one of a cow and a horse for  15000, there is gain of 30% on cow and loss of 30% on horse, what is net loss or gain in the whole transaction ?

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A reduction of 10% in the price of an article enables a dealer to purchase 25 more articles in 45000. What is the original price of the article?

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Jeevan bought an article at 30% discount on the labelled price. He sold the article with 12% profit on the labelled price. What was his percentage of profit on the price he bought?

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An article is sold at a gain of 15%. Had it been sold for   27 more, the profit would have been 20%. The cost price of the article is-

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Due to an increase of 30% in the price of eggs, 3 eggs less are available for Rs. 9.10. The present rate per egg is :

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A sells an article to B making a profit of 15 of his outlay. B sells it to C for 20% profit. Find the cost price of the article for A, if C sells it for 600 and incurs a loss of 16 of his outlay.

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A sum of money is to be distributed among A, B, C, D in the proportion of 5 :2 : 4 : 3. What is B's share, if C gets 1000 more than D ?

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4 men and 6 women can complete a work in 8 days, while 3 men and 7 women can complete it in 10 days. The ratio of the daily work done by a man and a woman is_____.

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A merchant bought 300 lamp shades at a price 6 each and found some were defective. He sold those defective lamp shades at  4.50 each and the rest at 25% profit each. As a result, he gained 1623% in the whole transaction. The number of defective lamp shades is:

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A shoe company sold 50 pairs of shoes on a day costing  . 189.50 each for  . 10000. Then the profit obtained in  . is -

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Find the wrong number in the given sequence:

8, 13, 21, 32, 47, 63, 83

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The ratio between the perimeter and the breadth of a rectangle is 5 : 1. If the area of the rectangle is 216 sq. cm, what is the length of the rectangle?

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A man sells 200 mangoes to 250 mangoes cost price then his profit percent is ?

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By selling an article for 450, a man loses 20% in order to make 20% profit, he must sell it for ?

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When the price of commodity is 20, quantity demand is 9 units, and when price is 19, quantity demanded is 10 units. Based on this information, what is marginal revenue resulting from an increase in output from 9 units to 10 units?

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Find the principal amount borrowed by him. A man took a loan from a bank at the rate of 12% per annum at simple interest. After 3 Years he had to pay 5,400 as interest only for the period.

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A shopkeeper mixes two varieties of tea, one costing 35 per kg. and another at  45 per kg. in the ratio 3:2. If he sells the mixed variety at41.60 per kg. What is his gain or loss percent?

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A vendor bought toffees at 6 for a rupee. How many for a rupee must he sell to gain 20%?

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A takes twice as much time as B or thrice as much time as C to finish a piece of work. B can do the work alone in how many days, if working together, they can finish the work in 2 days ?