Cluster · Profit and Loss Calculations

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Profit and Loss Percentage Problems
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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 dealer by selling 52 oranges gets the cost price of 65 oranges. What is the percentage profit?

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Vibhuti sold two articles at Rs. 400 each if he gained a profit of (400/9π)% on selling the first one and a loss of (1400/99)% on the other one, find his overall percentage profit/loss in the transaction. (Take π = 22/7)

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Ramesh sold an article for Rs 46 as a profit of 15%, What is the cost price at which Ramesh bought the article?

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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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Ram buys 5 bananas for Rs. 4. He buys 42 bananas for his shop. He sells 3 dozen bananas at Rs.13 for a dozen. The remaining bananas were sold for Rs. 5.8. Find the profit/loss percentage.

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The selling price of an article if sold at a profit of 18% will be Rs. 195 more than its selling price when sold at a loss of 8%. If the article had been sold for Rs. 915, then find the percentage profit earned on selling the article.

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Ramesh sells the compass box at a 37.5% loss to Suresh, who later on sells the same compass box at a 22.22% profit to Anjali. Anjali sells the same compass box at a 36.36% loss to Raj. Raj paid Rs 455. Find the cost price of the compass box for Ramesh.

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The cost price of 150 articles is the same as the selling price of 125 articles. What is profit percent? 

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A shopkeeper sold a cellphone for Rs 12,500. If the ratio of cost price to selling price is 4 : 5, find his profit percentage.

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If the cost price of a product is Rs 30 and it is sold at Rs 33.33, then what is the profit/loss percentage?

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A shopkeeper purchased 12 bananas for Rs 1 and sold 7 bananas for Rs 1. Find his profit%/loss%.

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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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A person bought a cell phone and paid 15% less than its cost price. He sold it at a 30% profit on the price he had paid. What was his profit on the original price?

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A retailer sold an item for Rs 1221 at a 12% loss. At what price should he sell the item so that gains a profit of 20%?

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A man purchased two bicycles one for Rs. 1600 and the second one for Rs. 1400 and sold them for Rs. 1280 and Rs. 1680 respectively. Find the overall profit or loss.

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Aman bought two diamond rings for his wife but his wife did not like the rings so, Aman decided to sell both rings at the same price. On the first ring, he earned a profit of 18% and a loss of 7% on the other ring. Find the overall loss or profit.

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A property dealer sold two flats for Rs 75.45 lakhs each. On one he gained 20% profit and on the other, he lost 20%. What present is the effect of the sale on the whole?

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A shopkeeper sells the table at Rs. 1500. If the cost price of the table is Rs. 1750, then find the profit or loss%.

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The profit on selling 24 articles is equal to the cost price of 3 articles. Profit/loss percentage in this transaction if it is calculated on the selling price?

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A salesman sold a RADO wristwatch at the loss of 20%. If the selling price had been increased by Rs. 9748, there would have been a gain of 5%. If the salesman wants to make 30% profit on a similar wristwatch, find the selling price.

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If the selling price of an object is doubled, then the profit triples. What is the original profit earned by selling the product?

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Prince buys a bicycle for Rs.13600. He noticed that it was difficult to ride the bicycle then he went to the repair shop and spends Rs.1500 on repair and then he decided to sell the bicycle for Rs.14000. Find the loss% on the total money spent on the bicycle.

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The profit incurred on selling an article for Rs.2160 is equal to the loss incurred on selling it at Rs.1800, to get a 25% profit shopkeeper must sell that article at what price?

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Ravi sold a mobile to Rohan at 11% profit and Rohan sold the same mobile to Sohan at 12% profit. If Sohan paid Rs 12432 for the mobile, then at what price did Ravi buy the mobile?

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A shopkeeper makes a profit of 15% on the cost price of a fan if he sells it for Rs 8050. Then find the cost price of two fans of the same price.

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By selling an article for Rs.1984, the shopkeeper gets a profit of 28%. Find the cost price of an article.

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After selling 72 articles a man gets a profit from the selling price of the 9 articles. Find the profit percentage of the man.

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An article was sold at Rs.31.5 at a profit of 12.5%. What would be the selling price if it is sold at a 20% loss?

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A shopkeeper sells an article at the selling price of 3600 rupees but he has a loss of 10% on this article. If the shopkeeper wants to get a 15% profit on this article. So, find what should be the selling price of this article.

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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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Rahul bought a burger for Rs 40. He sold it for 20% profit to Shweta. Shweta sold it at \(33\dfrac{1}{3}\)% profit to Suresh. Find the cost price of burger for Suresh.

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If the shopkeeper sold 15 kg of spices at Rs. 15 per kg and he wants to earn 10% profit on the spices, then at what rate he must sell the remaining quantity of spices?

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Anaya purchased a computer for Rs. 50,000. She had to sell if for Rs. 65,000. Find her profit or loss percent.

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Ram buys apples at the rate of 20 for Rs 56 and he sells them at 25 for Rs 95. How many dozen apples he must sell to gain Rs 54?

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The difference between cost price and selling price of a table fan is Rs. 195 when it gives the profit of 13%. What is the selling price of that table fan?

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A shopkeeper sold an article for 245. Had he sold the article at 296.8 he would have earned a profit of 6%. Find his profit/loss percent originally.

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A shopkeeper sold a television at a loss of 10%. Instead, if he had sold it for Rs. 1540 more, he would have made 25% profit. Find the price at which he bought the television.

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Aman bought two chairs for ₹1,800. He sold the first chair at a 12% profit and the second one at a 20% profit. Had he sold the first chair at a 20% profit and the second one at a 12% profit, he would have received ₹36 more. Find the difference between the cost-price of the two chairs.

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If 75 percent of the total articles are sold at a profit of 20 percent and the remaining articles are sold at a loss of 20 percent, then what will be the overall profit percentage?

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When a trader sells a bull at 25% loss and a camel at 15% profit, he neither gains nor loses in the total trade. When he sells the bull at 10% loss and the camel at 20% profit, what will be his overall profit or loss in the business?

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Find the gain percentage, given that Siddhi sold her scooter for Rs 31,902 gaining 1/6th of the selling price.

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The ratio of cost price and selling price is 15 : 14, then the loss percent is

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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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P buys an article for Rs. 280 and sells it to Q at a profit of 25%. Q sells it to R at some profit. R sells it to S for Rs. 560, making a profit of 40%. What percentage profit (rounded off to the nearest integer) did Q make?

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A sold an article to B at 25% profit. B sold it to C at a loss of 12%. If C paid Rs.1,650, then how much did A pay for it?

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The cost price of 20 balls is the same as the selling price of 18 balls. Find the profit percentage.

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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:

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Find the given percentage, given that Aditi sold her scooter for ₹40620 gaining \(1\over5\)th of the selling price.

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An article passing through two hands is sold at a total profit of 40% of the original cost price. If the first dealer makes a profit of 30%, then the profit percentage made by the second dealer is:

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