Profit and Loss Questions

• If an article is sold at a gain of 6% instead of at a loss of 6% then the seller gets Rs. 6 more. The C.P. of the article is?
• A person bought an article and sold it at a loss of 10%. If he had bought it for 20% less and sold it for Rs. 55 more. he would have had a profit of 40%. The C.P. of the article is?
• A dealer sells a radio at a gain of 10%. If he had bought it at 10% less and sold it for Rs. 132 less, he would have still gained 10%. The C.P. of the radio is?
• Due to an increase of 30% in the price of eggs, 3 eggs less are available for Rs. 7.80. The present rate of eggs per dozen is?
• A man sells two horses for Rs, 4000 each, neither losing nor gaining in the deal. If he sold one horse at a gain of 25% the other horse is sold at a loss of?
• A grocer sells rice at a profit of 10% and uses weight which are 20% less than the market weight. The total gain earned by him will be?
• A bicycle is sold at a gain of 16%. If it had been sold for Rs. 20 more, 20% would have been gained. The C.P. of the bicycle is?
• A radio dealer sold radio at a loss of 2.5%. Had he sold it for Rs. 100 more, he would have gained 7 1/ 2 %. In order to gain 12 1/ 2 % he should sell it for?
• A man sells an article at a gain of 15%. If he had bought it at 10% less and sold it for Rs. 4 less, he would have gained 25%. The C.P. of the article is?
• 6% more is gained by selling a radio for Rs. 475 than by selling for Rs. 451. The C.P. of the radio is?
• At what price must Kantilal sell a mixture of 80 kg sugar at Rs. 6.75 per kg with 120 kg at Rs. 8 per kg to gain 20%?
• The percent profit when an article is sold for Rs. 78 is twice as when it is sold for Rs. 69. The C.P. of the article is?
• A trader by means of a false balance defrauder to the extent of 8% in buying goods and also defrauds to 8% in selling. His gain percent is?
• Kabir buys an article with 25% discount on its marked price. He makes a profit of 10% by selling it at Rs. 660. The marked price is?
• A discount series of 10%, 20% and 40% is equal to a single discount of?
• The ratio of the prices of three different types of cars is 4 : 5 : 7. If the difference between the costliest and the cheapest cars is Rs. 60000 the price of the car of modest price is?
• A man purchases an electric heater whose printed price is Rs. 160. If he received two successive discounts of 20% and 10% he paid?
• A trader lists his articles 20% above C.P. and allows a discount of 10% on cash payment. His gain per cent is?
• The difference between a discount of 40% on Rs. 500 and two successive discount of 36% and 4% on the same amount is?
• By selling 45 oranges for Rs. 40, a man loss 20%. how many should he sell for Rs. 24 so as to gain 20% in the transaction?