Login / Signup

Question

The item "Butter" is marked up by Rs. 490 above the cost price. Subsequently, a discount is applied, resulting in a 12% profit for the entire transaction. If the discount offered had been Rs. 147 less, the profit would have been 18%. Determine the original discount offered.

A Rs.196

B Rs.250

C Rs.296

D Rs.165

E none of these

Practice Next

More Profit and loss Questions

A, B and C enter into a partnership, A invest 6X + 15000, B invest 3X + 1000 and C invest X + 8000 for one year if B share is 4000 from total profit of 160...
In a business there are two partners ‘P’ and ‘Q’. ‘P’ started the business with the capital of Rs. 20000 and after 3 months ‘Q’ joined him with the capital...
Cost price of a bag is Rs.750. The shopkeeper marked it 80% above the cost price and sold it after giving a discount of 20%. If the shopkeeper had sold it ...
The total cost price of a mobile charger and an earphone is Rs. 375. Earphone is sold at a profit of 37.5% while charger is sold at a loss of 4%. Find the ...
A man bought a horse and a carriage for Rs. 80,000. He sold the horse at a gain of 10% and the carriage at a loss of 5%. He gained 1% on his whole transact...
A vendor claims to sell rice at a 20% profit but uses a fake weight instead of 1 kg. If his actual profit percentage is 50%, how much rice is he saving if ...
A shopkeeper sold a school bag at a profit of 42%. Had he sold the school bag at 22% profit he would have earned Rs.124 less. Find the cost price of the sc...
Cost price of an article is Rs.100. Find the selling price of the article, if it is sold at two successive discounts of 20% and 30% and the ratio between t...
A shopkeeper buys 30 pens at Rs. 18 each and sells all of them at Rs. 25 each. Find his approximate profit percentage.
A shopkeeper purchases rice of two varieties ‘A’ and ‘B’ at Rs. 27 per kg and Rs. 24 per kg respectively. He mixes 1 kg of variety ‘A’ rice with 2 kg of va...

Relevant for Exams:

Hey! Ask a query

ask-question