Cluster · Profit and Loss Calculations
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By selling an article for Rs.390, a shopkeeper suffers some loss. Had he sold it for Rs. 444, he would have earned a profit equal to one - fifth of the loss he had in the earlier case. If he sells it for Rs.522, what will be his profit percentange? pipeline-1243101
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ib | — | intermediate | |
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Amit earns a profit of 24% selling an article for Rs.167.40. By how much (in Rs.) should he increase the selling price of the article to get a profit of 38%. pipeline-1241557
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ib | — | intermediate | |
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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: pipeline-1246991
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ib | profit_loss | intermediate | |
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The cost prices of articles A and B are the same. A is sold at 20% profit, whereas B is sold for ₹54.60 more than the selling price of A. If the overall profit earned on selling A and B is 28%, then what is the cost price of each article? pipeline-1238412
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ib | — | intermediate | |
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Two-thirds of a certain number of items are sold at 35% profit, 25% of items are sold at 30% loss, and the remaining at 5% loss. What is the overall profit or loss percentage? pipeline-1238411
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ib | — | intermediate | |
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A seller sells oranges at the rate of 10 for Rs. 28, gaining thereby 40%. For how much did he buy a dozen oranges? pipeline-1233446
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ib | — | intermediate | |
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When an article is sold for ₹474, there is a loss of 21%. The cost price of the article (in ₹) is: pipeline-1238500
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ib | profit_loss | intermediate | |
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An article is sold at a certain price. If it is sold at 37.5% of this price, there is a loss of 44.44%. What is the percentage profit when it is sold at 90% of the original selling price? pipeline-1263886
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ib | percentage | intermediate | |
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Ram sells an article to Shyam at a 28% profit, Shyam sells it to Sohan at a 32% profit and Sohan sells the same article to Sunil at a 19.25% loss. Sohan purchased the article for Rs 92083.20. If Sunil purchased the same item from Ram, he would have spent 6.5% less than what he spent with Shyam. What benefit would Ram have then? pipeline-1259240
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ib | — | intermediate | |
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A person bought an article and sold it at a loss of 10 percent. If he had bought it for 30 percent less price and sold it for Rs. 90 more, then he would have earned a profit of 35 percent. What is the cost price of the article? pipeline-1253480
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ib | percentage | intermediate | |
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The cost price of two articles A and B is the same. Article A is sold at a loss of 24% and Article B is sold for ₹270 more than the selling price of A. If the net profit by selling both articles is 12%, then what is the selling price (in ₹) of article B? pipeline-1259443
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ib | — | intermediate | |
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When a person sells an article for ₹1,200, he earns a profit that is equal to twice the amount of loss he would incur on selling the article for ₹750. If he sells the article for ₹925.20, then there is a: pipeline-1237745
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A shopkeeper sold an article for Rs. 1000 and earned some profit. By selling the article for Rs. 325, he incurred a loss equal to 14 times the profit earned. If he wants to make a profit of 40% then at what price should he sell the article? (In Rs.) pipeline-1228981
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ib | — | intermediate | |
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Aditya sold article X at a profit of 23% and article Y at a loss of 13%. He earned a profit of ₹180 in the entire transaction. If article X costs ₹90 less than article Y, then what is the price of article Y (in ₹)? pipeline-1194495
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delhi_police | — | intermediate | |
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A shopkeeper charges his customer 14% more than the cost price. If a customer paid ₹18,240 for a mobile phone, then the cost price of the mobile phone was: pipeline-1172723
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Find the gain percentage, given that Anubha sold her scooter for ₹31524 gaining \(\frac{1}{6}th\) of the selling price. pipeline-1112519
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Soni sold a mobile phone to Raju at a profit of 10%, Raju sold it to Alok at a loss of 5% and Alok sold it to Sohan at a profit of 20%. If Sohan bought it for ₹ 6,270, what is the cost price (in ₹ ) of the mobile for Soni? pipeline-1139183
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A shopkeeper sells the table at Rs. 1550. If the cost price of the table is Rs. 1750, then find the profit or loss%. pipeline-1102587
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A trader sells an article at 20 percent profit If he buys it at half of the cost price and sells at the same selling price as before. then what will be the profit percentage? pipeline-1097020
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delhi_police | percentage | intermediate | |
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If a jeweler sells a diamond for Rs.143500, the profit earned by him is equal to the loss that occurred on the same diamond if he sells the same diamond at Rs.135000.Find the profit or loss percentage if the diamond was finally sold the diamond at Rs. 150000. pipeline-1090238
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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-1086484
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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-1200834
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The profit earned by selling an article for Rs 832 is equal to the loss incurred when the article is sold for Rs 448. What will be the selling price of the article if it is sold at a 50% Profit? pipeline-1200826
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delhi_police | — | intermediate | |
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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? pipeline-1173046
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A person sold an article at a loss of 4%. Had he sold it at a gain of 1%, he would have received Rs. 42.5 more. To gain 18%, what must be his selling price? pipeline-1173247
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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%? pipeline-1192793
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The profit earned by selling a jacket for Rs. 9610 is equal to the loss incurred by selling the same jacket for Rs. 7690. What should be the selling price of the jacket to earn a 10 percent profit? pipeline-1154929
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delhi_police | percentage | intermediate | |
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A mobile phone dealer buys a phone for ₹10,000 and sells it for ₹12,000. Later, he realizes thet he could have sold it for ₹13,000. What is the percentage loss that he incurs? pipeline-1145701
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The selling price of 28 items is equal to the cost price of 16 items. What is the profit or loss percent? (correct to 2 decimal places) pipeline-1133096
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If the selling price of an article \(\frac{11}{5}\) is times of the cost price, then the gain percentage is: pipeline-1096705
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A shopkeeper earns a profit of 15% on the cost price of a fan if he sells it for Rs 8050. Find the cost price of two such fans sold by the shopkeeper. pipeline-1102184
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delhi_police | profit_loss | intermediate | |
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The selling price of 22 pens is equal to the cost price of 25 pens. The profit/loss percent in this transaction is ______. pipeline-1086765
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A man sells an article at a certain price, incurring a 20% loss. If he had sold the same article for Rs. 20 more, he would have earned a 20% profit. What was the cost price of the article? pipeline-1094395
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delhi_police | profit_loss | intermediate | |
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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-1199187
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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-1082814
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Piyush sold a guitar to Anuj at 16% gain and Anuj sold it to Mayank at 32% gain. If Mayank paid Rs.3,828 for the guitar, what amount did Piyush pay for the same? pipeline-1199181
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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: pipeline-1085571
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delhi_police | — | intermediate | |
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The ratio of cost price and selling price is 15 : 14, then the loss percent is pipeline-1145912
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Ram purchases two watches for Rs. 3,500. By selling one watch at a profit of 25% and the other at a loss of 10%, he neither earns a profit nor suffers a loss in the whole transaction. What is the cost price of each watch? pipeline-1155483
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delhi_police | profit_loss | intermediate | |
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Ashutosh sold two scooters, each for Rs. 44000. If he makes a 25% profit on the first & 20% loss on the second. What is his gain or loss percent in the transaction? pipeline-1131349
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If the cost price of a book is 92% of its selling price, then what is the percentage profit on the sale of the book (correct up to two decimal places)? pipeline-1111437
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delhi_police | percentage | intermediate | |
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The cost price of 20 balls is the same as the selling price of 18 balls. Find the profit percentage. pipeline-1134985
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A shopkeeper increases the selling price of an article by 15%. After increasing the selling price, he noticed that the profit percentage changed from 5% to 15%. The percentage increase in the cost price is: pipeline-1096947
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delhi_police | percentage | intermediate | |
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By selling 24 items, a shopkeeper gains the selling price of 4 items. His gain percentage is: pipeline-1096965
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Rajiv sells a book to Mohan at a profit of 9% and Mohan sells it to Gopal at a profit of 13%, If Gopal pays Rs. 12,317 for it. Find the cost price for Rajiv. pipeline-1103316
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Two-thirds of a certain number of items are sold at 35% profit, 25% of items are sold at 30% loss, and the remaining at 5% loss. What is the overall profit or loss percentage? pipeline-1257284
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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-1083740
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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-1085510
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delhi_police | profit_loss | intermediate | |
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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 a loss of 60%. What will be the overall loss percentage? pipeline-1083741
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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? pipeline-1082561
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delhi_police | percentage | intermediate |