Question
After selling 15 chairs, a furniture shop earns a profit equivalent to the selling price of 3 tables. While selling 10 tables, the shop earns a profit equal to the selling price of 5 chairs. The numerical value of the Profit % is equal in both cases and the Cost price of a chair is one-third the cost price of a table. Find the ratio of the selling price of a chair to a table.
More Profit and loss Questions
- A shopkeeper sold a school bag at a profit of 60%. Had he sold the school bag at 20% profit he would have earned Rs.164 less. Find the cost price of the sc...
- A merchant bought an article at a cost price of ₹8000. He sold it to a customer at a price which is 25% more than the cost price. The customer then sells t...
- Person 'A' bought a washing machine for a certain amount. He marked it up by p% and then gave a discount of 11.11%, resulting in no profit or loss. If 'A' ...
- A furniture set was purchased for Rs. 850 and fixed with an additional Rs. 450. It was then tagged 40% above the cost but later sold at a 15% loss. What is...
- Remi earns a profit of 20% on selling an article at a certain price. If she sells the articles for ₹. 8 more, she will gain 30%. What is the original cost ...
- A shopkeeper marks the price of an article 40% above its cost price and then allows a discount of 25% on the marked price. What is his profit or loss perce...
- A shopkeeper bought a certain number of identical books at ₹120 each. He sold: 30% of them at a profit of 25% each, 40% of them at a profit of 10% each, an...
- The cost price of article 'B' is Rs. 200 more than that of article 'A'. Articles 'A' and 'B' are sold at profit of 25% and loss of 20% respectively, such t...
- A trader marked an article 20% above its cost price and sold it after allowing a discount of 15%. If the transaction resulted in a profit of Rs. 22, then f...
- A man sells two articles at 29.180 each. He gains 8% on one article and loses 15% on the other. His overall profit or loss is:
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)