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A dealer buys three types of mangoes at Rs. 40, Rs. 30 and Rs. 10 kg respectively. He mixes them in the ratio of 2:3:4 by weight and sells them at a profit...
A trader sells two chains for Rs. 4100 each, neither losing nor gaining in all. If he sold one of the chains at a gain of 25%, the other was sold at a loss...
A wholesaler mark up his good such that he can gain 8% profit after giving 10% discount to his customers. One particular customer availed a discount of 12%...
A shopkeeper bought 100 identical tubelights priced at Rs. 265 each. He spent a total of Rs. 2600 on transportation and packaging. He put the label of mark...
A shopkeeper bought 80 identical books priced at Rs. 320 each. He spent a total of Rs. 3600 on transportation and packaging. He put the label of marked pri...
Pritam went shopping to buy a shoes, the shopkeeper asked him to pay 14% tax if he wants a bill. If not you can get 6% discount on the actual price of the ...
Vaibhav went to purchase a tablet, the shopkeeper told him to pay 22% tax if he asked the bill. Vaibhav manages to get the discount of 8% on the actual sal...
Kailash went to purchase a chimney, the shopkeeper told him to pay 26% tax if he asked the bill. Kailash manages to get the discount of 12% on the actual s...
Mohini went shopping to buy a shirt with some money. She selected a shirt, which is marked Rs.200 higher price than the money she had. But shopkeeper gave ...
Akash bought a sofa for Rs. 12500. After one year he sold it to Deepak at 12% less of his cost price. Deepak spends extra Rs. 500 for its repair. And offer...
Ajay bought a Sopha for Rs. 81000. After one year he sold it to Vikas at 20% less of his cost price. Vikas spends extra Rs. 750 for its repair. And offere...
Tarun bought a Toaster for Rs. 24000. After one year he sold it to Lalit at 10% less of his cost price. Lalit spends extra Rs. 400 for its repair. And offe...
Aaarav makes a profit of Rs. 122 if he sells a certain number of erasers he has at the price of Rs. 8 per eraser and incurs a loss of Rs. 25, if he sells t...
The percentage profit earned when an article is sold for Rs. 420 is four times the percentage profit earned when the same article is sold for Rs. 330. If t...
Guru and Chirag are dealers of mobile. The price of mobile is Rs. 54,000. Guru gives a discount of 20 % on whole, while Chirag gives a discount 22% on the ...
The profit percentage of K and L is same on selling the articles at Rs. 48800 each but K calculates his profit on the selling price while L calculates it c...
A dishonest dealer professes to sell his goods at cost price, but he uses a weight of 600 gm for the kg weight. Find his gain per cent.
A dishonest dealer professes to sell his goods at cost price, but he uses a weight of 990 gm for the kg weight. Find his gain per cent....
A dishonest dealer professes to sell his goods at cost price, but he uses a weight of 700 gm for the kg weight. Find his approximate gain per cent....
A grocer sells wheat at a profit of 14% and uses a weight which is 24% less. Find his total percentage gain.
Mansi wanted to purchase 36 speakers whose cost was Rs. 600 each. The trader offered her a discount if she were to purchase a set of 40 speakers. So she ca...
Labelled price of an article is 60% more than the CP of the article. When it is solid at x% discount then _______% percent profit is obtained and when it i...
Labelled price of an article is 55.5% more than the CP of the article. When it is solid at x% discount then _______% percent profit is obtained and when it...
A man buys a vase for Rs. 36 and sells it for Rs. 54. Find his gain per cent.
A boy buys a lipstick for Rs. 235 and sells it Rs. 141. Find his loss percent.
Find the CP, when SP = Rs. 696, Loss = 13%.
If by selling an article for Rs. 912 a shopkeeper gains 14%, find its cost.
If by selling an article for Rs. 480 a shopkeeper gains 20%, find its cost.
If by selling an article for Rs. 366 a shopkeeper gains 22%, find its cost.
Abhijit buys an old scooter for Rs. 3700 and spends Rs. 300 on its repairs. If he sells the scooter for Rs. 5500, his gain percent is
Ajay buys an old desktop for Rs. 6200 and spends Rs. 400 on its repairs. If he sells the desktop for Rs. 7000, his gain percent is
Anand buys an old cycle for Rs. 5700 and spends Rs. 550 on its repairs. If he sells the cycle for Rs. 6500, his gain percent is
A shopkeeper purchased 70 kg of radish for Rs. 560 and sold the whole lot at the rate of Rs. 14 per kg. What will be his gain percent?
The price of an article marked at 30% above cost price is sold at a profit of 25%. If it were to be sold at a discount of 25%, ind the percentage decrease ...
By giving a discount of 23% on the market price of an article, the trader earns a profit of 10%. If the difference between the market price and the cost pr...
A person earn 18% profit on the marked price. If he quadruple the marked price but gave 40% discount on the new marked price then how much percentage of pr...
A person earn 25% profit on the marked price. If he tripled the marked price but gave 40% discount on the new marked price then how much percentage of prof...
Rishabh bought a Cycle at a discount of 6⅔% on MRP. He earned half the amount of his CP by renting it for 100 days. After that he resells it at half of M...
Rohan bought a motor-cycle at a discount of 13(1/3) % on MRP. He earned half the amount of his CP by renting it for 400 days. After that he resells it at h...
The cost price of two articles is same. One article is sold at 40% profit and another at 10% loss. If the selling price of one article is Rs. 700 more than...

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