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 man sold an article at a loss of 5%, if he sold it at 75 more than profit would be 20%. Find the cost price of the article.

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A clock was sold for Rs. 144. If the percentage of profit was numerically equal to the cost price, the cost of the clock was

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A shopkeeper labeled the price of his articles so as to earn a profit of 30% on the cost price. He then sold the articles by offering a discount of 10% on the labeled price. What is the actual profit percent earned in the deal?

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A shopkeeper marks his goods  30% above his cost price but allows a discount of  10% at the time of sale. His gain is:

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If the cost price of 20 articles is equal to the selling price of 16 articles, what is the percentage profit or loss made by the merchant?

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Mahesh earned a profit of 20% by selling 60 apples at the rate of 42.50 for 5 apple. Then the total cost, at which the apples were bought is:

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A trader allows two successive discounts of  30% and  15% for selling an article. If he gets 476  for the article, its marked price is:

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Some articles were bought at 6 articles for Rs. 5 and sold at 5 articles for Rs. 6. Gain percent is:

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A man sold a wristwatch for  2400 at a loss of 25%. At what rate should he have sold the wristwatch to earn a profit of 25%?

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At what per cent above the cost price must a shopkeeper mark his goods so that he gains 20% even after giving a discount of 10% on the marked price?

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Break-even analysis can be used for:

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A shopkeeper sells notebooks at the rate of 45 each and earns a commission of 4%. He also sells pencil boxes at the rate of 80 each and earns a commission of 20%. How much amount of commission will he earn in two weeks if he sells 10 notebooks and 6 pencil boxes a day?

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Achal started a business investing 45000. After 4 months Kavi joined the business with 30000. If the profit was 13000 at the end of the year, what is the difference between the profit of Achal and Kavi?

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A dishonest trader claims that his selling price is equal to his cost price but weights 900 gms. instead of 1 kg. then his profit percent is -

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By selling an article for 826 merchant has a profit of 18%. But due to a fall in demand, he sells it at only 23 of the profit per cent. Find his selling price.

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Find the difference between a discount of 40% on 500 and two successive discounts of 36% and 4% on the same amount.

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Raju purchased an item for 4,500 and sold it at the gain of 15%. From that amount, he purchased another item and sold it at a loss of 10%. What is his overall gain/loss?

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On selling 17 balls at  720, there is a loss equal to the cost price of  5 balls. The cost price (in ) of a ball is:

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Ravi and Raj invested in the ratio of 4:3 in a business. If 16% of the total profit goes to charity and Ravi's share of profit is 816, what is the amount of total profit?

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Chinmay, a table manufacturer marks up the price of his table by 100%. He gives a discount of 40% such that he earns a profit of 1400. If the cost of doing business is 1500, find the cost of the table to Chinmay :