Cluster · Profit and Loss Calculations

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Profit and Loss Percentage Problems
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Ankita sold three toys. The first toy was sold for ₹1,500 at a profit of 25%; the second toy was sold for ₹2,800 at a loss of 50% and the third toy was sold for ₹3,500 at a profit of 25%. Find her total profit or loss percentage.

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The selling price of a desktop is 9 times of the profit earned on selling this desktop. What is the profit percentage?

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Vinay purchased two bottles for a total of ₹100, and he sells these two bottles at the rate of ₹100 per bottle. What is the overall profit percentage that Vinay had on selling the two bottles?

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Aryan sells a bike to Bikram at 14% more than his cost price. Bikram sells the same bike to Chandu at 9% loss. Chandu sells it to Dev at 8% profit. If Dev buys the bike for Rs 280098, find the cost price of this bike for Bikram.

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A profit earned by selling an article for ₹1,032 is equal to the loss incurred when the same article is sold for₹ 648. What should be the selling price of the article if the profit is 30%?

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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).

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A shopkeeper bought 25 chairs from a manufacturer for ₹37,500 and sold them at a profit equal to the selling price of 5 chairs. Then the SP of one chair is:

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A sells an article to B at 20% profit. B sells it to C at a 15% loss. C sells it to D at 25% profit. If the difference between the profit of A and C is ₹132 and B bought the article for ₹x, then what is the value of x?

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During a sale 66\(\frac{2}{3}\)% of the goods are sold at 26% profit, 25% of the remaining goods are sold at 20% profit and the still remaining goods are sold at a loss of 40%. If there is an overall profit of x %, then what is the value of x ?

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If the difference between the selling prices of an article at profits of 10% and 7% is ₹6, then the cost price (in ₹) of the article is:

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The selling price of a plate is 140% of its cost price . What will be the profit percentage?

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Vinod buys an article and sells it at a loss of 5%. If he had bought it for 20% less and sold it for Rs. 25 more, he would have gained 20%. What was the original cost price?
 

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A mobile phone is sold at a profit of 80%. The nominal profit is approximately what percentage of the selling price of the mobile phone?

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A vendor sells 10 pens for ₹7. He earns a profit of 40%. The cost price of one pen is:

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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%?

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A girl buys a cycle for Rs. 7500 and sells it at a loss of 25 percent. What is the selling price of the cycle ?

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If the selling price of 40 articles is equal to the cost price of 50 articles, then the percentage gain is: 

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The Loss incurred by selling an article at Rs.5115 is 65% of the gain attained by selling the same article at Rs.10230. Find the cost price of the article. (In Rs.)

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On selling 25 apples for Rs. 100, there is a loss of 20%. Find the selling price of 1 apple if it is to be sold for 40% profit.

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'A' sells a suitcase to 'B' at 10% profit. 'B' sells it to 'C' at 30% profit for Rs.2860. What is the cost price for 'A'?

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If a shopkeeper sells an article for Rs.1600 on which he suffers a loss of 25%. At what price should he sell the article so as to gain a profit of 7%?

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A person bought a chair and a table together for Rs. 500. If he sells the chair at a loss of 10% and the table at a profit of 15%, then he gets neither profit nor loss. Find the cost price of the table.

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The cost price of the Bicycle is Rs 2752. If the person sells the Bicycle at 37.5% profit then find 45% of the selling price of the bicycle.

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The sum of the cost price of the two jeans is Rs 780. If one is sold at a 20% loss while the other is at a 15% profit, the selling price of both is equal. Find the cost price (in Rs) of one sold at a loss.

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A man buys 400 oranges for Rs. 2000. How many oranges can be sold for Rs. 260 so that he gets a profit of 30%?

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A person purchased a vehicle for Rs. 4,89,828 and sold it for Rs. 5,89,828. What is the profit percent he earned on this vehicle (correct to two decimal places)?

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A person purchased a vehicle for Rs. 4,89,828 and sold it for Rs. 5,89,828. What is the profit percent he earned on this vehicle (correct to two decimal places)?

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The sum of the cost price of the two jeans is Rs 780. If one is sold at a 20% loss while the other is at a 15% profit, the selling price of both is equal. Find the cost price (in Rs) of one sold at a loss.

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By selling a watch for a certain amount, Deepika suffered a loss of 10%. By selling the same watch for ₹140 more, she would have gained 4%. What was the cost price of the watch?

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Samreen sells a keyboard for ₹1,260 at a profit of 25%, and another keyboard for ₹1,440 at a loss of 10%. What is her total gain or loss percentage?

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A person sold an article at a loss of 12%. Had he sold it at a gain of 10.5%, he would have got Rs. 112.50 more. What is the original selling price (in Rs.) of the article?

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If the cost price of 2170 articles is equal to the selling price of 1736 articles, then what is the gain percentage?

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On selling a chair at 5% less and a table at 15% gain, a man gains Rs.300. If he sells the chair at 5% gain and the table at 5% gain, he gets 180. The actual cost of the table is:

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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%?

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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?

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Two objects were sold for ₹9,900 each. One object was sold at a loss of 10% and the other object was sold at a gain of 10%. The net gain or loss in the whole transaction is:

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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?

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By selling an article for ₹211.20, a trader loses 12%. If he sells it for ₹248.40, then his loss/gain percent is:

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The selling price of x items is equal to the cost price of 32 items and profit percent is 28%. What is the value of x?

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A shopkeeper buys 294 eggs at Rs 3.50 per piece. If a half-dozen eggs got spoiled during transportation. The shopkeeper sells the remaining eggs at Rs 48 per dozen. Find the profit or loss percent (approx).

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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?

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A watch is sold at a profit of 20%. If both the cost price and selling price are reduced by Rs.100, then the profit would be 5% more. Find the original cost price of the watch.

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Bharat sells a watch at Rs 100 and makes a 10% profit. He also sells a chair worth Rs 200 for 10 percentage points less than the percentage of profit on the watch. What is the gain or loss on selling the chair?

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By selling 150 articles, a man gains a profit equal to the cost price of 30 articles. Find the profit percentage.

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The selling price of a desktop is 9 times of the profit earned on selling this desktop. What is the profit percentage?

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Aryan sells a bike to Bikram at 14% more than his cost price. Bikram sells the same bike to Chandu at 9% loss. Chandu sells it to Dev at 8% profit. If Dev buys the bike for Rs 280098, find the cost price of this bike for Bikram.

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The percentage profit earned by James by selling an article for Rs 1,920 is equal to the percentage loss he incurred by selling it for Rs 1,500. What should be the selling price if he wants to make a profit of 10%?

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A shopkeeper sold 90 pens at a cost price of Rs 25, while he sold 140 pens at a cost price of Rs 60 at a profit of 20%. What is the total profit percentage of the shopkeeper?

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Venkat brought a second-hand scooter and spent 10% of the cost on its repairs. He sold the scooter for a profit of Rs. 2,200. How much did he spend on repairs if he made a profit of 20%?

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A man loses 28% by selling an article for ₹144. If he sells it for ₹288, what will be his gain/loss percentage?

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