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The cost price of item B is Rs. 150/- more than the cost price of item A. Item A was sold at a profit of 10% and item B was sold at a loss of 20%. If the respective ratio of selling prices of items A and B is 11 : 12, what is the cost price of item B?

The difference between the selling prices of some articles if sold for Rs.12 per article instead of Rs.9 per article is Rs.150. If the sold price of these articles is Rs.250 then find the selling price of 21 articles if profit earned is 20%.

A cloth merchant sold half of his cloth at 20 % profit, half of the remaining cloth at 20 % loss and the rest was sold at its cost price. In the total transaction, his gain or loss will be

Selling price of an article is $${7 over6}$$ of cost price. What is the profit percentage?

By selling an article for Rs. 320, a man incurs a loss of 20%, what should be the selling price of an article to gain 30%?

A trader bought 120 kg of potato at 24/kg. He sold 80 kg of it at 50% profit and the balance at 25% low. Find the total profit or loss?

Jack sold a dress for Rs.1440 and made a profit of 20%. What was its cost?

The profit percentage of P and Q is same on selling the articles at Rs. 1800 each but A calculates his profit on the selling price while Q calculates it correctly on the cost price which is equal to 20%. What is the difference in their profits?

A scientist mixes 10% water in his solution but he is not content with it so he again mixes 10% more water in the previous mixture. What is the profit percentage of the scientist if he sells it at cost price:

From 2008 to 2009, the sales of a book decreased by 80%. If the sales in 2010 were the same as in 2008, by what percent did it increase from 2009 to 2010?

If a man were to sell his chair for Rs. 720, he would loss 25 %. To gain 25% he should sell it for__

The price of 6 pencils is Rs. 30 and that of 12 pens is Rs. 120. What is the average price of 50 pencils and 50 pens?

Arun purchased 30 kg. of rice at the rate of Rs. 17.50 per kg. and another Rs. 30 kg. at a certain rate. He mixed the two and sold the entire quantity at the rate Rs. 18.60 per kg. and made 20% overall profit. At what price per kg. did he pruchase the lot of another 30 kg. rice?

What is the discount rate of a gift whose selling price is Rs. 420 after a reduction of Rs. 60 on its marked price ?

If the ratio of selling price and cost price is 4:5 respectively, then what is the loss percentage?

Naresh purchased a TV set for Rs. 11,250 after getting a discount of 10 % on the labeled price. He spent Rs. 150 on transport and Rs. 800 on installation. At what price should it be sold so that the profit earned would have been 15 % if no discount was offered?

Prakash, Sunil and Anil started a business jointly investing Rs. 11 lakhs, Rs. 16.5 lakhs and Rs 8.25 lakhs respectively. The profit earned by them in the business at the end of three years was Rs. 19.5 lakhs. What will be the 50% of Anil's share in the profit?

A trader had 2000 kgs of rice. He sold a part of it at 10 % profit and the rest at 16 % profit so that he made a total profit of 14.2%. How much rice (in kg) did he sell at 10 % profit?

An oil refinery buys oil at Rs 3600 per barrel. There is 10 % wastage. If the refinery wants to earn 5% profit then at what price should it sell including 8 % tax on selling price? (in Rs per barrel)

A used car dealer sells a car for Rs 7.6 lakhs and makes some loss. If he had sold if for Rs.9.2 lakhs his profit would been thrice of his loss. What was the cost price of the car (in Rs. Lakhs)?

The cost price of 12 pens is equal to the selling price of 8 pens. The profit percentage is:

If the ratio of cost price and selling price is 5 : 4, then the loss percentage is-

Purchased a table for 13500 and sold it 11000. What is his loss percentage?

The profit on selling an article for Rs.1,100 is equal to three times the amount of loss on selling it for Rs.700. To gain 12.5%, the article must be sold for:

Mohan purchased an article and sold it for Rs 2817.50 and earned 15% profit on the cost price. What was the cost price of the article?

A person bought two watches for Rs. 480. He sold one at a loss of 15% and the other at a profit of 19% and he found that each watch was sold at the same price. Find the cost price of the two watches.

Due to increase in the value of eggs by 20 percent, two eggs started getting less at Rs. 24. The current price per dozen of eggs.

When Vijay sells 12 pens, he gains the selling price of pens. Calculate his % profit?

If an item is sold for Rs. 270, there is a loss of 10 percent on it , then what will be the cost price of that item?

By selling a table for Rs. 350 instead of Rs. 400, loss percent increases by 5%. The cost price of table is :

Sarita sells a Phone at a profit of 20%. If she had bought it at 20% less and sold it for Rs. 180 less, she would have gained 25%. Find the cost price of the Phone.

Cost of 8 pencils, 5 pens and 3 erasers is Rs.111. Cost of 9 pencils, 6 pens and 5 erasers is Rs.130. Cost of 16 pencils, 11 pens and 3 erases is Rs. 221 What is the Cost (in Rs) of 39 pencil , 26 pens and 13 erasers ?

Manish bought two articles for Rs. 12000 and Rs. 15000 respectively and sold one of them at 20% profit. Find at what percent of profit or loss the second article should be sold such that selling price of both the articles be same.

If apples are bought at the rate of 30 for a rupee. How many apples must be sold for a rupee to gain 20%?

I purchase some mango at the rate of 18 for Rs. 22 and sold the whole lot at the rate of 22 for Rs. 18 find the approximately gain or loss percent.

Mr. Dev sold a bus for Rs. 2210 with a loss of 15 %. At what price should the bus be sold to get a profit ot 15 %?

Medha sells her bag for 300 and loses 60. At what price must she sell the article to gain 15%?

A shopkeeper cheats to the extent of 10% while buying and selling fruits, by using tampered weights. His total gain , in percentage is:

A man purchased two table at the same price and on selling the first article he makes a profit of 12%. Selling price of second article is Rs 180 more than the selling price of the first article. If man overall profit percent is 15%, then find the cost price of one article?

A shopkeeper marked the price of an article by 40% above cost price and gave discount of Rs. 224. On the final amount, he charged 10% tax. In the whole transaction, he earned Rs. 158.6. Find cost price of the article.

A man gain 15% by selling a calculator for a certain price. If he sells it at the triple price, then what will be the profit percentage?

By Selling 90 pens for Rs. 80 a man loses 20%. What should be the selling price (in Rs.) of 90 pens for 20% profit?

A store sells a watch for a profit of 25% of the cost. Then the percentage of profit against selling price is-