Profit and Loss
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ABC26GN2788 · In a sale, perfume is available at a discount of 15% on the selling price. If the perfume's discounted selling price is ₹ 3675.40, what was… · 2009
ABC26GN2789 · A pair of articles was bought for ₹ 37.40 at a discount of 15%. What must be the marked price of each of the articles?
ABC26GN2790 · A shopkeeper gives 12% additional discount on the discounted price, after giving an initial discount of 20% on the labelled price of a…
ABC26GN2791 · A fan is listed at ₹ 1500 and a discount of 20% is offered on the list price. What additional discount must be offered to the customer to…
ABC26GN2792 · A discount of 15% on one article is the same as a discount of 20% on another article. The costs of the two articles can be
ABC26GN2793 · If the S.P. of ₹ 24 results in a 20% discount on list price, what S.P. would result in a 30% discount on list price?
ABC26GN2794 · An article was sold for ₹ y after giving a discount of x%. Then, its list price is
ABC26GN2795 · A seller allows a discount of 5% on a watch. If he allows a discount of 7% he earns ₹ 15 less in the profit. What is the marked price? · 2006
ABC26GN2797 · A sells a scooter priced at ₹ 36000. He gives a discount of 8% on the first ₹ 20000 and 5% on the next ₹ 10000. How much discount can he…
ABC26GN2798 · Manoj sold an article for ₹ 15000. Had he offered a discount of 10% on the selling price he would have earned a profit of 8%. What is the… · 2009
ABC26GN2799 · A manufacturer offers a 20% rebate on the marked price of a product. The retailer offers another 30% rebate on the reduced price. The two…
ABC26GN2800 · Successive discounts of 10%, 12% and 15% amount to a single discount of · 2008
ABC26GN2801 · A discount series of p% and q% on an invoice is the same as a single discount of · 2007
ABC26GN2802 · Three successive discounts of 20% on the marked price of a commodity are together equivalent to a single discount of
ABC26GN2803 · A shop gives 10% discount on the purchase of an item. If paid for in cash immediately, a further discount of 12% is given. If the original…
ABC26GN2804 · Find the selling price of an article if a shopkeeper allows two successive discounts of 5% each on the marked price of ₹ 80. · 2003
ABC26GN2805 · A dealer buys an article marked at ₹ 25000 with 20% and 5% off. He spends ₹ 1000 on its repairs and sells it for ₹ 25000. What is his gain… · 2007
ABC26GN2806 · If an article with marked price of ₹ 400 is sold at successive discounts of 10%, 25% and 15%, what is the approximate price the customer… · 2009
ABC26GN2807 · For the purchase of a motor car, a man has to pay ₹ 17000 when a single discount of 15% is allowed. How much will he have to pay for it if… · 2005
ABC26GN2808 · After successive discounts of 12% and 5% an article was sold for ₹ 209. What was the original price of the article?
ABC26GN2809 · Applied to a bill for ₹ 1,00,000, the difference between a discount of 40% and two successive discounts of 36% and 4% is
ABC26GN2810 · Two stores A and B mark the price of an item identically. A allows 3 successive discounts of 10% each. B allows 10% discount on the list…
ABC26GN2811 · If on a marked price, the difference of selling prices with a discount of 30% and two successive discounts of 20% and 10% is ₹ 72, then the… · 2010
ABC26GN2812 · An article is listed at ₹ 900 and two successive discounts of 8% and 8% are given on it. How much would the seller gain or lose, if he… · 2007
ABC26GN2813 · Two shopkeepers announce the same price of ₹ 700 for a sewing machine. The first offers successive discounts of 30% and 6% while the second… · 2009
ABC26GN2814 · A company offers three types of successive discounts (i) 25% and 15%; (ii) 30% and 10%; (iii) 35% and 5%. Which offer is the best for a… · 2007
ABC26GN2815 · On a ₹ 10000 payment order, a person has choice between 3 successive discounts of 10%, 10% and 30%, and 3 successive discounts of 40%, 5%… · 2007
ABC26GN2816 · A shopkeeper gives 3 consecutive discounts of 10%, 15% and 15% after which he sells his goods at a percentage profit of 30.05 percent on… · 2008
ABC26GN2817 · A shopkeeper gives two successive discounts on an article marked ₹ 450. The first discount given is 10%. If the customer pays ₹ 344.25 for… · 2006
ABC26GN2818 · The marked price of a watch was ₹ 820. A man bought the same for ₹ 570.72 after getting two successive discounts of which the first was… · 2008
ABC26GN2819 · A shopkeeper purchased 150 identical pieces of calculators at the rate of ₹ 250 each. He spent an amount of ₹ 2500 on transport and…
ABC26GN2820 · A person first increases the price of a commodity by 10% and then he announces a discount of 15%. The actual discount on the original price… · 2009
ABC26GN2821 · Raman bought a camera and paid 20% less than its original price. He sold it at 40% profit on the price he had paid. The percentage of… · 2007
ABC26GN2822 · A trader marked the price of a product in such a way that it is 20% more than the cost price. If he allows 10% discount on the marked price…
ABC26GN2823 · A trader marked the price of his commodity so as to include a profit of 25%. He allowed discount of 16% on the marked price. His actual… · 2004
ABC26GN2824 · A tradesman marks his goods 30% above the C.P. If he allows a discount of 6 1/4%, then his gain percent is
ABC26GN2825 · A shopkeeper earns a profit of 12% on selling a book at 10% discount on the printed price. The ratio of the cost price and the printed… · 2006
ABC26GN2826 · A showroom owner sells a leather jacket for ₹ X and claims to make a profit of 10%. He plans to have a stall in the trade fair and marks…
ABC26GN2827 · The price of an article is raised by 30% and then two successive discounts of 10% each are allowed. Ultimately, the price of the article is
ABC26GN2828 · A retailer buys 30 articles from a wholesaler at the price of 27. If he sells them at their marked price, the gain percent in the…
ABC26GN2829 · By selling an umbrella for ₹ 300, a shopkeeper gains 20%. During a clearance sale, the shopkeeper allows a discount of 10% on the marked…
ABC26GN2830 · The cost price of an article is 64% of the marked price. Calculate the gain percent after allowing a discount of 12%.
ABC26GN2831 · A shopkeeper allows a discount of 10% on the marked price of an item but charges a sales tax of 8% on the discounted price. If the customer…
ABC26GN2832 · At what percent above the cost price must a shopkeeper mark his goods so that he gains 20% even after giving a discount of 10% on the… · 2008
ABC26GN2833 · A retailer allows a trade discount of 20% and a cash discount of 6 1/4% on the market price of the products and gets a net profit of 20% on… · 2007
ABC26GN2835 · By selling an article at 2/5 of the marked price, there is a loss of 25%. The ratio of the marked price and the cost price of the article is
ABC26GN2836 · A tradesman gives 4% discount on the marked price and gives 1 article free for buying every 15 articles and thus gains 35%. The marked…
ABC26GN2837 · A shopkeeper fixes the marked price of an item 35% above its cost price. The percentage of discount allowed to gain 8% is
ABC26GN2838 · A trader marked his goods at 20% above the cost price. He sold half the stock at the marked price, one quarter at a discount of 20% on the… · 2004
ABC26GN2839 · A manufacturer marked an article at ₹ 50 and sold it allowing 20% discount. If his profit was 25%, then the cost price of the article was · 2010