Cluster · Profit and Loss Calculations

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Profit and Loss Percentage Problems
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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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When an article is sold for Rs. 176.7 the loss is 7%. If a profit of 15% is to be earned on selling this article, find its selling price.

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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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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 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 bought 288 oranges for Rs. 115.20. He sold 50 of them at 70 paise each and the remaining at Rs. 46.20. Find his profit or loss.

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A manufacturer sold a toy to a wholesaler after ensuring 40% profit. The wholesaler sold the toy to a retailer after ensuring his 30% profit, Retailer then sold the toy to the customer at 10% loss. If the customer bought the toy at Rs. 196.56, what is the actual cost price of the toy?

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‘A’ sold an article to ‘B’ at 12% profit who then sold it to ‘C’ at 25% profit. If ‘C’ bought the article for Rs. 1,750, then find the selling price of the article for ‘A’.

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Harsh purchased a scooter for ₹48,000. He sold it at a loss of 15%. With that money he purchased another scooter and sold it at a profit of 22.5%. What is his overall loss/profit percentage?

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A man sells two articles at Rs 9,180 each. He gains 8% on one article and loses 15% on the other. His overall profit or loss is:

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By selling an ornament for Rs.720, Chaitra loses 10%. At what price should she sell it in order to gain 15%?

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A shopkeeper sells 15 toffees for Rs 1, then he loses 25%. What should be the price of 9 toffees so that he gains 25%?

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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 table was bought for ₹3,000 and sold for ₹3,200. Find the gain or loss in terms of money.

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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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Two wristwatches were sold for Rs. 1,980 each. One wristwatch was sold at a profit of 10% and the other one at a loss of 10%. The entire transaction resulted in:

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By selling an article at 7/12 of its selling price, a man loses 16%. If he sells it at 90% of its original selling price, then what will be the profit percentage?

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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?

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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.

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A shopkeeper sells two refrigerator sets at the same price. He gains 40% on one refrigerator and loses 40% on the other. What is his net loss percentage in the whole transaction?

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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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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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The cost price of 36 articles is the same as the selling price of N articles. If the profit is 20%, then the value of N is:

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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 ₹)?

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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.

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When a shopkeeper sold an item at a loss of 25%, if he had sold it for Rs 550 more, he would have made a profit of 30%. Find the purchase price of the item. (in Rs.)

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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?

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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?

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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)?

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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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On selling an article for Rs. 4500 a person had a loss of 25%. Find the cost price of the article.

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The selling price of 9 articles is equal to the cost price of 15 articles. In this transaction there is a:

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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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Prince buys a bicycle for Rs 13600. He found that the bicycle was difficult to ride so he went to the repair shop and spent Rs 1500 on repairs and then he decided to sell the bicycle for Rs 14000. So what is the total loss percentage he incurred.

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A man purchased 50 dozen bananas for a certain amount. He could not sell five dozen of those bananas as they were spoiled. He sold two-thirds of the good bananas at a profit of 20% per dozen and sold the remaining good bananas at a profit of 5% per dozen. What was his loss or gain percentage in the whole transaction?

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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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A man buys 35 pens for a rupee. How many pens should he sell for a rupee to earn a profit of 40 percent?

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If the selling price of 100 pens is equal to the cost price of 140 pens, find the profit percentage.

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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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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?

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

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