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A shopkeeper sold sarees at Rs. 266 each after giving 5 % discount on labelled price. Had he not given the discount, he would have earned a profit of 12 % on the cost price. What was the cost price of each saree?

The cash difference between the selling price of an article at a profit of 8 % and 12 % is Rs 3. The ratio of two selling prices is:

A man bought 20 dozen eggs for Rs. 720. What should be the selling price of each egg if he wants to make a profit of 20 %?

By selling a bicycle for Rs. 2,850 a shopkeeper gain 14%. If the profit is reduced to 8 %, then the selling price will be

A businessman sells a commodity at 10 % profit. If he had bought it at 10 % less and sold it for Rs. 2 less, then he would have gained $$16{2 over3} %$$. The cost price of the commodity is

If the cost of pins reduces by Rs . 4 per dozen, 12 more pins can be purchased for Rs. 48. The cost of pins per dozen after reduction is:

Two - third of a consignment was sold at a profit of 5% and the remaining at a loss of 2 %. If the total profit was Rs. 400. then the value of the consignment was

Mohan bought 25 books for Rs. 2,000 and sold them at a profit equal to the selling price of 5 books. The selling price of 1 book is:

A book seller sells a book at a profit of 10 %. If he had bought it at 4 % less and sold it for Rs. 6 more. he would have gained $$18{3 over4} %$$. The cost price of the book is

Krishna bought a camera and paid 20 % less than its original price. He sold it at 40 % profit on the price he had paid. The percentage of profit earned by Krishna on the original price was

If a manufacturer gains 10 percent, wholesaler 15 percent and retailer 25 percent, then the production cost of an article, whose retail price is Rs. 1,265, is

A merchant buys an article for Rs. 27 and sells it at a profit of 10 % of the selling price. The selling price of the article is:

A person bought some articles at the rate of 5 per rupee and the same number at the rate of 4 per rupee. He mixed both the types and sold at the rate of 9 for 2 rupees. In this business he suffered a loss of Rs. 3. The total number of articles bought by him was

A merchant fixes the sale price of his goods at 15 % above the cost price. He sells his goods at 12 % less than the fixed price. His percentage of profit is:

The price of jewelry , passing through three hands. rises on the whole by 65 %. If the first and the second sellers earned 20 % and 25 % profit respectively, the profit earned by the third seller is

The cost price of two dozen bananas is Rs. 32 After selling 18 bananas at the rate Rs. 12 per dozen, the shopkeeper reduced to rate as Rs. 4 per dozen. The percent loss is

A vendor buys bananas at 12 for 45 and sells at 5 for 35. What will be the gain ?

Mr. Kiran sold a bus for Rs.18,700 at a loss of 15 %. At what price should the bus be sold to get a profit of 15 %?

A drug dealer sells a tablet for 5 rupees. If he buys a tablet packet for Rs 50 and if a tablet packet contains 25 tablets, what will be his profit percentage?

Profit after selling a commodity for 524 is the same as loss after selling it for Rs. 452. The cost price of the commodity is

The cost price of 60 articles is same as the selling price of x articles. If there is a pro t of 20%, then what is the value of x?

While selling an article for Rs 18450, a person suffered a loss of 50%. At what price he should have sold the article (in Rs) to earn a profit of 50%?

An article is sold at a gain of 16%. If it had been sold for Rs.400 more, 20% would have been gained. The cost price of the article is

A scooter was purchased for Rs 30,000 and Rs 3,000 was spent to repair it. It was sold for Rs 39,600. What was the profit percentage?

A and B invest in a business in the ratio 3:2. If 5% of the total profit goes to charity and A s share is Rs.855, the total profit is:

The selling price of the product was equal to 50% of its cost price. Two gradual discounts were offered on the product. If the first discount was 20%, then what was the second discount?

A man sells two chairs at Rs. 120 each and by doing so he gains 25% on one chair and loses 25% on the other. His loss on the whole in Rs.is

A trader bought 10 kg of apples for Rs. 405 out of which 1 kg of apples were found to be rotten. If he wishes to make a profit of 10 % at what rate should he sell the remaining apples per kg?

P purchase an item for Rs 1200 and sold it on a profit of 10%. If he sells it at Rs 1380 then calculate his increase in profit percentage.

A man has 60 pens. He sells some of these at a profit of 12 % and the rest at 8 % loss. On the whole, he gets a profit 11 %. How many pens were sold at 12 % profit.

A trader sells two items at the rate of Rs 400 each. If he gains 15% on one and losses 15% on other, then what is the value (in Rs) of loss?

By selling 15 mangoes, a fruit seller gains the selling price of 3 mangoes. His gain is

A person bought pens at 25 for a rupee and sold at 15 for a rupee. What is his profit percentage?

Vinayak bought an item and sold it at a loss of 5%. If he had bought it for 10% less and sold it for Rs.390 more, he would have had a profit of 20%, find the cost price of item.

A dealer buys a table listed at Rs 1,500 and gets successive discounts of 20% and 10%. He spends Rs. 20 on transportation and sells it at a profit of 20%. The selling price of the table is

A shopkeeper by selling 13 Titan watches, earns a pro t equal to the selling price of 3 Titan watches. His pro t percentage is

The cost price of two items P and Q are equal. If item P sold at 40% profit and item Q sold at 20% less than the selling price of item P, then the total profit is ?

Raghu sold an article for Rs. 180 after allowing a 20% discount on its marked price. Had he not allowed any discount, he would have gained 20%. What is the cost price of the article?

A wholesaler had 200 dozen of mangoes. He sold some of these mangoes at 20 % profit and the rest at 10 % profit, so that he made 13 % profit on selling all the mangoes. How many mangoes in dozens) did he sell at 20 % profit?

A car worth Rs 30,000 was sold by A to B at 10 % profit. B sold the car back to A at 5 % loss. In the entire transaction.

By a selling basket for Rs. 19.50, a shopkeeper gains 30 %. For how much should he sell it to gain 40 %?

What was amount of discount given?

What was the percent profit on the transaction?

What was the marked price of the article?

There is 10 % loss if a watch is sold for Rs 1440/-. At What price it is to be sold to get 15 % profit.

Sujatha sold 75% of her goods at a profit of 24% and the remaining at a loss of 40%. What is her gain/loss percentage on the whole transaction?

If Arun purchases 11 articles for Rs.10 and sold all the articles at the rate of 10 for Rs.11, the profit percentage will be.

If Cost Price of 20 tables is equal to the Selling Price of 25 tables. Find the loss percentage.

Anoop sells a book to Mayank at a profit of 20% and Mayank sells this book to Siddharth at a profit of 25%. Now Siddharth sells this book at a loss of 10% to Shishir. At what percentage loss should Shishir sells this book now so that his SP becomes equal to Anoop s CP?

Two mobile phones were purchased at the same price. One was sold at a profit of 30 % and the second was sold at a price which was Rs 2500 less than the price at which the first was sold. If the overall profit earned by selling both the mobile phones was 5 %, what was the cost price of one mobile phone?