Problems on Profit and Loss
Problems on Profit and Loss: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as Marked Price (MP) of an Item, Selling Price (SP) of an Item, Purchase Price of an Item, Face Value of the Bill & False Weight of Item etc.
Important Questions on Problems on Profit and Loss
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 :

A man bought a second-hand typewriter for and spent on its repairs. He sold it for . His profit percent is _____.

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

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

A dealer marks the price of an article more than the cost price. He allows commission, his profit percent is

The ratio of cost price and selling price of an article is . What is the profit percent on it?

The cost price of 20 articles is the same as the selling price of x articles.If the profit is 25%, then the value of x is:

A tradesman marks his goods at more than the cost price. If he allows a discount of .Then his gain percent is -

What percent of hours is seconds?

A trader purchases a watch and a wall clock for . He sells them making a profit of on the watch and on the wall clock. He earns a profit of . The difference between the original prices of the wall clock and the watch is equal to _____.

A and B invested in a business in the ratio 3 : 5. If 20% of the total profit goes to charity and then A's share is Rs.12000, then the total profit is (in Rs.)

If the total cost of articles having equal cost is and the total selling price of such articles is , then in the transaction, there will be _____.

The cost price of oranges is same with the selling price of oranges .The profit percent is -

A person purchased oranges for and sold them at the rate of for . His profit is ?

A dishonest dealer professes to sell his goods at cost price but he uses a weight of g for a kg weight. Find the gain percent.

Raman's salary was decreased by and subsequently increased by How much percent does he loss?

A merchant loses by selling an article. If the cost price of the article is , then the selling price of the article is ?

Arvind purchased a wristwatch with discount on the labelled price. He sold it with profit on the price he bought. What was his percent loss on the labelled price?

A trader marks his goods above the cost price and allows a discount of . Find the profit he makes.

MPP (Marginal Physical Product) of a variable input is negative in:
