Problems on Profit and Loss

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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

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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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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 man bought a second-hand typewriter for 1200 and spent 200 on its repairs. He sold it for  1680. His profit percent 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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What price should a tradesman mark on an article that cost him  300 to gain 20% after allowing 4% discount?

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A merchant offers 8% discount on all his goods and still makes a profit of 15%. If an item is marked 250, then its cost price is

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A shopkeeper makes a profit of20% even after giving a discount of 10% on the marked price of an article. If marked price is  500 then the cost price of the article is-

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A dealer marks the price of an article 40% more than the cost price. He allows 10% commission, his profit percent is

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A vendor sells his articles at a certain profit percentage. If he sells his articles at 13of his actual selling price, then he incurs a loss of 40%. What is his actual profit percentage?

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Find the cost price for this article, if an article is sold for 575 the amount of profit is equal to the amount of loss if it is sold for 385 ?

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A tradesman marks his goods at 30% more than the cost price. If he allows a discount of 614%.Then his gain percent is -

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What percent of 15 hours is 18 seconds?

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A trader purchases a watch and a wall clock for  390. He sells them making a profit of 10% on the watch and 15% on the wall clock. He earns a profit of  51.50. The difference between the original prices of the wall clock and the watch is equal to _____.

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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.)

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The cost price of 40 oranges is same with the selling price of 32 oranges .The profit percent is -

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A person purchased 3 oranges for 5 and sold them at the rate of 2 for 4. His profit is ?

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A dishonest dealer professes to sell his goods at cost price but he uses a weight of 800 g for a kg weight. Find the gain percent.

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A merchant loses 10% by selling an article. If the cost price of the article is 15, then the selling price of the article is ?

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In a 100 m race, A beats B by 10 m and C by 13 m. In a race of 180 m, B will beat C by:

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Ram bought a T.V. with20% discount on the labelled price. Had he bought it with 30% discount he would have saved  800. The value of the T.V. set that he bought is