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- Question
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
- Correct Answer
- 1.2 percent gain
- 1. 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
- 2. 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
- 3. 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
- 4. 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
- 5. 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
- 6. 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
- 7. 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
- 8. A shopkeeper by selling 22 Skechers shoes, earns a profit equal to the selling price of 6 Skechers shoes. His profit percentage is:
Options- A. 27.2 percent
- B. 37.5 percent
- C. 54.4 percent
- D. 16.9 percent Discuss
- 9. A vendor buys some bananas at the rate of 2 for Re 1 and sells at the rate of 10 for Rs 7. What will be the result?
Options- A. 40 percent loss
- B. 28.57 percent gain
- C. 40 percent gain
- D. 28.5 percent loss Discuss
- 10. In a 100 m race, A beats B by 10 m and C by 13 m. In a race of 180 m, B will beat C by:
Options- A. 5.4m
- B. 4.5m
- C. 5m
- D. 6m Discuss
Profit and Loss problems
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Correct Answer: Rs 950
Correct Answer: 37.6 percent
Correct Answer: 33.33 percent loss
Correct Answer: 360 kg
Correct Answer: 14 percent profit
Correct Answer: 5
Correct Answer: 4.3 percent loss
Correct Answer: 37.5 percent
Correct Answer: 40 percent gain
Correct Answer: 6m
Explanation:
A : B = 100 : 90.
A : C = 100 : 87.
B/C = (B/A*A/C) = (90/100*100/87) = 30/29
When B runs 30 m, C runs 29 m.
When B runs 180 m, C runs (29/30*180)m =174m
B beats C by (180 - 174) m = 6 m.
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