Question
'A' purchased an article and sold it to 'B' at 10% profit. 'B' marked it up by 25% above the price at which 'A' has purchased it and then sold it after giving a discount of Rs. 846. If 'B' suffered a loss of 12% in the transaction, then find the cost price of the article for 'A'.
More Profit and loss Questions
- The cost price of article A and B is Rs. ‘X’ and Rs. (X + 750), respectively. Article A is sold at 20% profit while article B is sold at 10% loss. If selli...
- The ratio of the cost price to the marked price of a book is 3:7. If a discount of 25% is given on the book, the shopkeeper makes a profit of Rs. 150. Find...
- By selling 18 table fans for Rs 11,664 a man incurs a loss of 10%. How many fans should be sold for Rs.17,424 to earn 10% profit?
- A shopkeeper sells a luxury watch at a markup price, which is (100/3)% above its cost price. Had he purchased the watch for Rs. 300 more and sold it after ...
- If there is a loss of 35% on selling the article at 13/22 of the original selling price then what will be the percentage profit after selling the article a...
- A trader marks his goods 50% above the cost price. During a sale, he allows a discount of 20% on the marked price and still makes a profit of Rs 240 on eac...
- A shopkeeper bought an article and marked it 60% above the cost price and sold it after giving a discount of 20%. Had he bought it for Rs. 300 less and sol...
- A marked an article 60% above its cost price and when he allows ‘X’% discount, he makes a profit of ________% and when he allows ‘1.5X’% discount, he make ...
- Marked price of an article is Rs.220 more than its cost price. If profit earned is equal to the discount given then find the profit earned?
- A trader advertises that he sells sugar at cost price but uses a false weight where ‘N’ grams is shown as 1 kilogram. If he earns a profit of 25% per kg of...
Relevant for Exams:
Hey! Ask a query
Please enter email id
The email must be a valid email address.
Please enter Mobile Number
Please enter valid Mobile Number
Please enter your Doubt
Think You're Ready for RBI Grade B?
RBI Grade B 2026 Phase 1 Memory Based Paper
- 200 Questions with Detailed Solutions
- Section-wise Coverage (GA, English, Quant & Reasoning)