Profit-Loss

A trader marked an article at 10% above its cost price. For selling, he allowed a certain discounts and suffered a loss of 1%. The discount was…

A dealer buys a car listed at Rs. 200000 at successive discounts of 5% and 10%. If he sells the car for Rs. 179550, then his profit is….

The marked price of a watch is Rs. 800. A customer gets two successive discounts on the marked price, the first being 10%. The second discount, if the customer pays Rs. 612 of it, is…

A shopkeeper bought 80kg of sugar at the rate of Rs. 13.50 per kg. He mixed it with 120kg of sugar costing Rs. 16 per kg. In order to make a profit of 20%, he must sell the mixture at….

A man sold some articles at a gain of 10%. He spent his total sale proceeds to purchase such articles again. This time, while selling them, he incurred a loss of 10%. His loss or gain in the transaction was….

A piece of land came to a person through three middleman each gaining 20%. If the person purchased the land for Rs. 3,45,600 the original cost of the land was….

A trader gains 15% after selling an item at 10% discount on the printed price. The ratio of the cost price and printed price of the item is….

A person sold a horse at a gain of 15%. Had he bought it for 25% less and sold it for Rs. 600 less, he would have made a profit of 32%. The cost price of the horse was….