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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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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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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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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The ratio of cost price and selling price of an article is 20:21. What is the profit percent on it?

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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:

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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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If the total cost of 73 articles having equal cost is 5,110 rupees and the total selling price of 89 such articles is 5,607 rupees, then in the transaction, there will be _____.

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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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Raman's salary was decreased by 50% and subsequently increased by 50%. How much percent does he loss?

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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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Arvind purchased a wristwatch with 30% discount on the labelled price. He sold it with 40% profit on the price he bought. What was his percent loss on the labelled price?

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A trader marks his goods 40% above the cost price and allows a discount of 25%. Find the profit he makes.

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