Cluster · Profit and Loss Calculations
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The ratio of the selling price to the cost price of a computer is 7:5. What is the profit percentage? pipeline-364543
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A mobile phone is sold at a profit of 80%. The nominal profit is approximate what percentage of the selling price of the mobile phone? pipeline-364556
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If a person purchases an item at ₹3,000 and he sells it at 10% profit, then find the selling price of the item. pipeline-356278
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A person bought an article and sold it at a loss of 15%. If he would have sold it for ₹50 more, he could have gained 10%. What was the original cost price of the article? pipeline-360787
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Ritesh sold a pen for Rs. 36 with a profit of 20%. If it were sold for Rs. 33, then what could be the percentage of profit or loss? pipeline-31065
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A dealer buys 50 chairs for ₹50,000 but 20 of them are damaged. He decides to sell each of the damaged chairs at 3/4th of the selling price of a normal chair. What should be the selling price of the normal chair so that he may make a profit of 35% on the whole transaction? pipeline-487365
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By selling an article for ₹1,200, a shopkeeper suffered a loss of 20%. What was the cost price of that article? pipeline-349406
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The selling price of a plate is 140% of its cost price . What will be the profit percentage? pipeline-363233
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Vijay sold a watch at a loss of 50%. If the loss is ₹2,400, then what is the selling price of the watch? pipeline-356279
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The ratio of the cost price and the selling price is 5 : 3. What is the loss percentage? pipeline-348747
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Ritika bought each set of 10 shirts at Rs. 8000 and sold at Rs. 9000 for each set of 12 shirts. Find out the profit or loss percentage. pipeline-349290
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Vishal and Param each sold their article at ₹1,818 but Vishal incurred a loss of 10%, while Param gained by 1%. What is the ratio of the cost price of Vishal's article to that of Param's article? pipeline-360987
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Nalini purchased 20 dozen of apples at Rs. 48 per dozen. She sold 8 dozen of them at 10% profit and the remaining 12 dozen at 20% profit. What is the overall profit percentage gained in this transaction? pipeline-348753
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Anil buys a motorcycle for ₹ 84,000 and sells it at a loss of 12%. What is the selling price of the motorcycle? pipeline-366555
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By selling 120 mangoes, a shopkeeper gains the selling price of 20 mangoes. Find his profit percentage. pipeline-359975
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An article was sold for Rs. 2100 at a profit of 25%. What is its cost price? pipeline-33741
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On selling 15 balls for ₹450, there is a loss equal to the cost price of 5 balls. The cost price of a ball is: pipeline-348728
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The cost price of two fans is the same. One fan is sold at a loss of 20% and the other fan is sold at loss of 60%. What will be the overall loss percentage? pipeline-366538
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The profit earned when a painting is sold for ₹1,200 is 15 times the loss incurred when it is sold for ₹240. At what price should the painting be sold to make a profit of 40%? pipeline-370661
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A merchant bought 60 sheep at ₹120 per sheep. He sold 40 of them at ₹150 each. Another 10 of the sheep died. What should be the selling price of the remaining sheep, if he wants a total profit of ₹800? pipeline-357086
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The cost prices of a table and a chair are ₹400 and ₹1,200. respectively. The table and the chair are sold at a profit of 50% and 20% respectively. What is the overall profit percentage gained? pipeline-349393
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A shopkeeper sold a pair of headphones for ₹5,520 at a gain of 20%. What would have been the gain or loss percent if it had been sold for ₹4,370? pipeline-545999
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If the selling price of an article is doubled, then the profit becomes four times. What was the original profit percentage? pipeline-544571
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Products pass successively through the hands of three traders and each of them sells his goods at a profit of 30% of his cost price. If the last trader sold the products for Rs.300, then how much did the first trader pay for them? pipeline-451417
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To earn a 12% profit, a shopkeeper sells a television for Rs. 22,400. What should be the selling price (in) of the television if he wants a double profit? pipeline-564154
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A table was bought for ₹3,000 and sold for ₹3,200. Find the gain or loss in terms of money. pipeline-541629
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A sold an article to B at 25% profit and B further sold it to C by earning a certain profit. pipeline-565643
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A man buys a toy car for Rs 225 and sells it for Rs 210. Find his loss percentage (round up to two decimal places). pipeline-568594
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A man buys a machine for Rs.5,000. After one year, he sells it for Rs.6000. After two years, again he buys the same machine at Rs.8,000 and sells it for Rs.10,000. Find his overall profit percentage for both the transactions. pipeline-443634
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A shopkeeper purchases six small cold drink bottles for ₹100. For how much should he sell one such bottle to get a profit of 20%? pipeline-555567
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The cost of 50 dozens of bananas is ₹2,400 and the transport cost per banana is ₹0.25. The selling price is ₹10 for a pair of bananas. What is the profit percentage (rounded off up to one decimal place)? pipeline-556053
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By selling a table for ₹1,596, Aarav loses 24%. At what price (in ₹) should he sell it to gain 24%? pipeline-577459
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The price of a land passing through three hands rises on the whole by 65%. The first and second sellers earned 20% and 25% profit, respectively. Find the profit percentage earned by the third seller. pipeline-574754
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Avi sold a house to Bhargav at a gain of 10% and Bhargav sold it to Chetan at a gain of 20%. If Chetan paid ₹2,64,00,000 for it, then at what price must Avi have purchased it? pipeline-574051
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S sells an item costing ₹ 37,800 to P with 8% profit. P sells it to Q with a 4% loss. At what price (in ₹) does P sell the item? (Correct to a nearest rupee) pipeline-574675
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Mihir buys a book for ₹625. However, because of a certain urgency, he sells it for ₹550. Find his loss percentage. pipeline-577357
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A person sold two cars for ₹60,000 each. On one, he gained 20% while on the other, he lost 20%. Find the percentage of his gain or loss. pipeline-577337
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If a craftsman were to sell a table at ₹ 1,300, he would lose 35%. To gain 30%, he would sell it for: pipeline-581571
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Mayur sold a watch at a profit of 7%. If he had sold it for ₹1,329 more, he would have gained 57%. Find the cost price (in ₹) of the watch. pipeline-581538
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Ankit sells a chair at a loss of 25 percent. If he sells it for Rs. 900 more, then he earns a profit of 5 percent. What should be the selling price of the chair to earn a profit of 40 percent? pipeline-624175
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Akash bought an old phone for ₹3,450 and spent ₹450 on its repair. He sold it for ₹5,070. His profit percent is: pipeline-602338
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Manny bought an AC for ₹ 12000 and paid ₹ 400 for transportation. Then he sold it for ₹14000. Find his profit%. pipeline-587858
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A man buys 21 mangoes for a rupee. How many mangoes had he sold for a rupee so that there is a loss of 30 percent? pipeline-589297
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The selling price of a table is Rs. 7686. If the profit percentage is 22 percent, then what is the cost price of the table? pipeline-623484
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By selling an article for ₹2352, one gains ₹752. What is the gain percent? pipeline-624149
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A chair is bought for Rs. 1500 and is sold at 25 percent loss. What is the selling price of the chair? pipeline-624502
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P sells a laptop to Q at a profit of 50 percent and Q sells it to R at a profit of 60 percent. What is the ratio of cost prices of P and R? pipeline-624507
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Cost price of an article is Rs. 440. If the profit percentage is 18 percent, then what is the profit? pipeline-623629
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A man buys 35 pens for a rupee. How many pens should he sell for a rupee to earn a profit of 40 percent? pipeline-664095
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A merchant bought two watches for ₹9,000 each. He sold one watch at a loss of 10%. At what price (in ₹) should he sell the other watch to earn a profit of 18% overall? pipeline-665995
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