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  • 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

  • Correct Answer
  • 33.33 percent loss 

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    • 1. 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
    • 2. 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
    • 3. 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
    • 4. 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
    • 5. 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
    • Discuss
    • 6. When a discount of 20% is given on a sweater, the profit is 28%. If the discount is 14%, then the profit is

    • Options
    • A. 42 percent
    • B. 46.4 percent
    • C. 33.2 percent
    • D. 37.6 percent
    • Discuss
    • 7. A wholesaler sells a watch to a retailer at a profit of 25% and the retailer sells it to a customer at a loss of 12%. If the customer pays Rs 1045, what had it cost the wholesaler?

    • Options
    • A. Rs 950
    • B. Rs 1149
    • C. Rs 1244
    • D. Rs 751
    • Discuss
    • 8. A shopkeeper, sold cashew nuts at the rate Rs 1,260 a kg and bears a loss of 8%. Now if he decides to sell it at Rs 1,386 per kg, what will be the result?

    • Options
    • A. 1.2 percent gain
    • B. 2.4 percent gain
    • C. 1.2 percent loss
    • D. 2.4 percent loss
    • Discuss
    • 9. The line passing through point (-3,1) and point (x,5) is parallel to the line passing through point (-2,-1) and point (6,3). What is the value of x?

    • Options
    • A. -5
    • B. -2
    • C. 2
    • D. 5
    • Discuss
    • 10. A shopkeeper, sold dried apricots at the rate Rs 1,310 a kg and bears a loss of 13%. Now if he decides to sell it at Rs 1,441 per kg, what will be the result?

    • Options
    • A. 8.6 percent loss
    • B. 4.3 percent gain
    • C. 4.3 percent loss
    • D. 8.6 percent gain
    • Discuss


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