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- Question
The ratio of selling price to the cost price is 13 : 17. What is the loss percentage?
Options- A. 23.52
- B. 27.74
- C. 18.62
- D. 19.45
- Correct Answer
- 23.52
- 1. A vendor buys bananas at 4 for Rs 3 and sells at 3 for Rs 4. What will be the result?
Options- A. 43.75% profit
- B. 77.7% loss
- C. 77.7% profit
- D. 43.75% loss Discuss
- 2. Profit of Rs 728000 has to be divided among three partners Amir, Balaraj and Charan in the ratio 7:5:4. How much share (in Rs) does Charan get?
Options- A. 227500
- B. 318500
- C. 91000
- D. 182000 Discuss
- 3. A shopkeeper, sold cocoa seeds at the rate Rs 1330 a kg and bears a loss of 15%. Now if he decides to sell it at Rs 1463 per kg, what will be the result?
Options- A. 13 percent loss
- B. 6.5 percent gain
- C. 6.5 percent loss
- D. 13 percent gain Discuss
- 4. On a certain item profit is 120%. If the cost price increases by 10% then what will be the new profit margin (in %) if selling price remains the same?
Options- A. 50
- B. 60
- C. 100
- D. 90 Discuss
- 5. A wholesaler had 200 dozens of mangoes. He sold some of these mangoes at 20% profit and the rest at 10% profit, so that he made 13% profit on selling all the mangoes. How many mangoes (in dozens) did he sell at 20% profit?
Options- A. 140
- B. 60
- C. 80
- D. 120 Discuss
- 6. Puneet purchases 5 dozens of oranges at the rate of Rs 120 per dozen. He sold each one of them at the rate of Rs 11.5. What is the profit (inpercentage) of Puneet?
Options- A. 18
- B. 30
- C. 12
- D. 15 Discuss
- 7. A wholesaler sells a watch to a retailer at a gain of 20% and the retailer sells it to a customer at a loss of 10%. If the customer pays Rs 874.8, what had it cost the wholesaler?
Options- A. Rs 945
- B. Rs 810
- C. Rs 994
- D. Rs 675 Discuss
- 8. If a merchant offers a discount of 25% on the list price, then he makes a loss of 5%. What % profit or % loss will he make if he sells at a discount of 10% of the list price?
Options- A. 5.5 percent loss
- B. 14 percent profit
- C. 50 percent profit
- D. 26 percent loss Discuss
- 9. A trader had 9 quintals of wheat. He sold a part of it at 10% profit and the rest at 20% profit, so that he made a total profit of 14 %. How much wheat did he sell at 20% profit?
Options- A. 540 kg
- B. 360 kg
- C. 180 kg
- D. 720 kg Discuss
- 10. If a merchant offers a discount of 10% on the list price, then she makes a loss of 25%. What % profit or % loss will she make if she sells at a discount of 20% of the list price?
Options- A. 5 percent profit
- B. 33.33 percent loss
- C. 90 percent profit
- D. 20 percent profit Discuss
Profit and Loss problems
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Correct Answer: 77.7% profit
Correct Answer: 182000
Correct Answer: 6.5 percent loss
Correct Answer: 100
Correct Answer: 60
Correct Answer: 15
Correct Answer: Rs 810
Correct Answer: 14 percent profit
Correct Answer: 360 kg
Correct Answer: 33.33 percent loss
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