Cluster · Profit and Loss Calculations

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Profit and Loss Percentage Problems
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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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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 sold two articles for Rs. 9831 each. On one, he gained 13% and on the other, he lost 13%. What is the overall percentage gain or loss?

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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 a 25% profit. Find the price at which he bought the television.

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

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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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Tony purchases two cars, A and B, at a total cost of Rs. 6,50,000. He sells car A with a 20% profit and car B at a loss of 25%, and gets the same selling price for both cars. What are the purchasing prices of car A and car B, respectively?

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A man bought a horse for a certain amount and sold it at a loss of 8%. If he had received ₹1,800 more, he would have gained  \(14\frac{1}{2} \)%. The cost price of the horse is:

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Rohan sells an umbrella to Bhima at a profit of 25%. Bhima sells the same to Sambhu at a profit of 20%. Sambhu sells it to Dharmendra at ₹5,400, thereby earning a profit of 20%. Find the cost price to Rohan.

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By selling an article at 4/5 of the cost price, there is a loss of Rs 125. Find the selling price of an article.

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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?

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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?

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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?

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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?

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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?

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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?

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Kapila bought 100 frocks at the rate of Rs. 320 each. Travel expenditure was Rs. 1000. If she increased the price of the frock by Rs 1.50 each and labor expenditure was Rs. 500 and she wants to make a profit of 10%, then what will be the selling price of each frock?

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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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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?

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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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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:

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A manufacturer sells an article to a wholesale dealer at a profit of 10%. the wholesaler dealer sells it to a shopkeeper at 20% profit. The shopkeeper sells it to a customer for Rs 56100 at a loss of 15%, then the cost price of the article to the manufacturer is?

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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 ______.

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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 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 out what should be the selling price of this article?

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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%.

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A woman sells 70-liter oil and the profit earned by her is equal to the selling price of 20-liter oil. Find gain%.

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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?

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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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A fruit seller sells oranges at a profit of 40%. But for every 20 oranges sold, he loses 4 oranges due to rotting. What is his profit or loss percentage?

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Priya bought a mobile for Rs. 7500 and sold it to Janani at a profit of x% and Janani sold it to Kani at a loss of 10% and Kani paid Rs. 8100 for the mobile. Find the value of x.

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Ankita sold her watch at 5% loss. If she had sold it for ₹300 more, she would have gained 5%. Find the selling price of the watch.

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Ruby bought 20 buttons for Rs.1. How many buttons she must sell for Rs.1 in order to get a profit of 25%?

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A buys 150 gm gold for Rs.6,00,000 and gives 6% as making charges. What should be the selling price per 10 gm to have a profit of 6%?

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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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By selling an article for ₹2352, one gains ₹752. What is the gain percent?

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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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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.

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An article was sold for Rs. 2100 at a profit of 25%. What is its cost price?

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A bought an article and spent Rs. 550 on its repairs. He then sold it to B at a profit of 10%. B sold it to C at a loss of 20%. C finally sold it for Rs. 6864 at a profit of 30%. How much did A pay for the article? (In Rs.)

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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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Cost price of an article is Rs. 440. If the profit percentage is 18 percent, then what is the profit?

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A shopkeeper sells an article for Rs. 1120 and earns some profit. The loss incurred when it is sold for Rs. 400 is equal to 17 times of profit. If he wants to make a profit of 10%, then at what price should he sell the article? (In Rs.)

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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?

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A certain quantity of rice was bought for ₹ x and sold for ₹ y, thereby earning a profit of 25%. Had the cost price been 20% less and the selling price has been ₹58 less, a profit of 20% would have been earned. Find the value of x.

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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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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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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?

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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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