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- Question
A person sold his pen for Rs 24 and his profit percentage was numerically equal to the cost price. What was the cost price (in Rs) of the pen?
Options- A. 12
- B. 14
- C. 16
- D. 20
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- 1. A man gains 15% by selling a calculator for a certain price. If he sells it at the triple the price, then what will be the profit percentage?
Options- A. 125
- B. 175
- C. 225
- D. 245 Discuss
- 2. 70% of the cost price of a article is equal to the 40% of its selling price. What is the profit or loss percentage?
Options- A. 63% loss
- B. 70% loss
- C. 75% profit
- D. 80% profit Discuss
- 3. A wholesaler sells a watch to a retailer at a gain of 32% and the retailer sells it to a customer at a loss of 20%. If the customer pays Rs 1,953.6, what had it cost the wholesaler?
Options- A. Rs 2063
- B. Rs 2394
- C. Rs 1850
- D. Rs 1637 Discuss
- 4. A trader sells wire and gains 60% on the cost price. What will be the profit % on selling price?
Options- A. 33.33
- B. 40
- C. 60
- D. 37.5 Discuss
- 5. To make a profit of 20% the selling price of the good is Rs. 240. The cost price of the good is,
Options- A. Rs. 200
- B. Rs. 210
- C. Rs. 220
- D. Rs. 230 Discuss
- 6. If the cost price of 48 articles is equal to the selling price of 32 articles, then what is the profit percentage?
Options- A. 20
- B. 25
- C. 50
- D. 75 Discuss
- 7. A farmer buys a goat and a sheep for Rs 3500. He sold the sheep at a profit of 20 percent and the goat at a loss of 10 percent. If he sold both the animals at the same price, then the cost price (in Rs) of the cheaper animal was?
Options- A. 2000
- B. 1500
- C. 1750
- D. 2250 Discuss
- 8. Selling price of an article is Rs 27692 and loss percentage is 14%. If the selling price is Rs 37352, then what will be the profit percentage?
Options- A. 13.8
- B. 18.6
- C. 14
- D. 16 Discuss
- 9. A trader had 960 kgs of rice. He sold a part of it at 20% profit and the rest at 8% profit, so that he made a total profit of 12%. How much rice (in kgs) did he sell at 8% profit?
Options- A. 460
- B. 560
- C. 540
- D. 640 Discuss
- 10. If a vendor sells apples at Rs 170 per kg he suffers 15% loss. If he sells at Rs 230 per kg, then what is his profit percentage?
Options- A. 15
- B. 10
- C. 5
- D. 20 Discuss
Profit and Loss problems
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Correct Answer: 245
Correct Answer: 75% profit
Correct Answer: Rs 1850
Correct Answer: 37.5
Correct Answer: Rs. 200
Correct Answer: 50
Correct Answer: 1500
Correct Answer: 16
Correct Answer: 640
Correct Answer: 15
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