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The cost price of 12 items is equal to the selling price of 9 items, what is the profit percentage?
Explanation- Let CP of 1 item = x rupees
SP of 9 items = CP of 12 items = 12x rupees
SP of 1 item = rupees
Required profit percentage =
A shopkeeper marks the marked price of a bicycle by increasing the cost price by 10%. He again gives a 10% discount on the marked price to a customer, then on selling the bicycle, the shopkeeper gets- [VDO Main 09.07.2022]
Successive percentage profit/loss = (x^2 / 100) loss = (10^2 / 100) = 1% loss.
Ramlal marks his goods 30 percent above the cost price and gives a discount of 10 percent on the marked price. Find his profit/loss percentage?
Let cost price = 100 rupees. Marked price = 100 + 30% = 130 rupees. Discount = 10% of 130 = 13 rupees. Selling price = 130 - 13 = 117 rupees. Profit = 117 - 100 = 17 rupees (17% profit).
Rajan bought two ceiling fans at the rate of 2500 Rupees each. He sold one fan at 15% profit and the other at 8% loss. What percentage of profit or loss occurred in this deal?
Profit/Loss % = Profit.
A shopkeeper incurs a loss of 15 percent by selling an item for 170 rupees. If he wants to make a profit of 20 percent, then for how many rupees should he sell the item?
Explanation- First Selling Price = 170 rupees
Loss = 15%, Profit = 20%
Second Selling Price =
= Rupees
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Satish sold a bicycle to Bhola at a 20% profit, and Bhola sold it to Suresh at a 25% profit. If Suresh paid 1500 Rs for it, then for how much did Satish buy the bicycle?
Let the cost price of the bicycle for Satish be Rs, then according to the question -
Rs.
Rs.
A cow and a horse were sold at the rate of 9600 Rupees each. If there was a 20 percent profit on the horse and a 20 percent loss on the cow, then how much loss was incurred in the deal?
C.P. of the horse Rs. C.P. of the cow Rs. Total C.P. Rs. Total S.P. Rs. Loss Rs.
On selling 144 pens, Ram incurs a loss equal to the selling price of 6 pens. What is the loss percentage? [REET 07.02.2016]
Required loss % = 6 / (144 + 6) * 100 = 6 / 150 * 100 = 600 / 150 = 4%.
Dilip bought a radio for 3/4 of its value and sold it for 20% more than its value. What was his profit percentage?
Let the marked price of the radio = 100 Rs.
Radio bought = Rs.
Radio sold = Rs.
Profit = Rs.
Profit percentage =
A shopkeeper marks an item 50% above the cost price. If he gives a 30% discount to his customers, then what percentage profit will he make?
Explanation- Let Cost price of item = 100 rupees
Marked Price = 150 rupees
Selling Price of item = 70% of 150 = rupees
Percentage profit = 5%
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An item is sold at a selling price of 330 rupees with 10% profit, then the cost price of that item is-
Cost Price = \text{Selling Price} \times \frac{100}{100 + \text{Profit%}} = 330 \times \frac{100}{110} = 300 Rupees.
A person's salary was reduced by 50%, and then the reduced salary was increased by 70%. What percentage of profit/loss did that person incur?
Total Profit/Loss = Loss.
Mohan buys pencils at a rate of 12 for 10 rupees and sells them at a rate of 10 for 12 rupees. What will be his profit percentage?
For CP: Price of 12 pencils = 10 rupees, so CP of 1 pencil = 10/12 = 5/6 rupees. For SP: Price of 10 pencils = 12 rupees, so SP of 1 pencil = 12/10 = 6/5 rupees. Profit = SP - CP = 6/5 - 5/6 = (36-25)/30 = 11/30 rupees. Profit % = (Profit / CP) * 100 = [(11/30) / (5/6)] * 100 = 44%.
Selling an item for 8000 Rupees results in a loss equal to 1/5 part of the cost price. What is the cost price of this item?
Let the cost price of the object , then according to the question: Selling price of the object . Given selling price . Hence Rs.
Sachin sold his scooter to Ankur at a 20% loss. Ankur sold it to Anil at a 20% profit. If Anil pays 4800 Rs. for that scooter, what is the cost price of the scooter for Sachin?
Let the cost price for Sachin be . Rs.
Mohan earns a profit of 20 rupees by selling a radio for 100 rupees, what will be his profit percentage?
SP = 100, Profit = 20, so CP = SP - Profit = 100 - 20 = 80. Profit % = (Profit / CP) * 100 = (20 / 80) * 100 = 25%.
Chetan sold a horse for 8580 rupees and earned a 4 percent profit. What is the cost price of the horse?
Cost Price (CP) = SP * (100 / (100 + Profit%)) = 8580 * (100 / 104) = 8580 * (25 / 26) = 330 * 25 = 8250 rupees.
Two mobile phones were bought at the same price. One was sold at 30% profit and the other was sold for Rs 2500 less than the selling price of the first mobile. If the total profit earned on both mobile phones was 5%, what was the cost price of one mobile phone? [Vanrakshak 13.12.2022]
Let cost price be x. Total CP = 2x. Total SP = 2x * 1.05 = 2.1x. First SP = 1.3x. Second SP = 1.3x - 2500. 1.3x + 1.3x - 2500 = 2.1x. 0.5x = 2500. x = 5000.
A watch is sold for Rs 1440 and there is a 10% loss. For how much should it be sold to get a 15% profit? [CET 10+2 11.02.2023]
Cost price = 1440 * (100/90) = 1600. Selling price at 15% profit = 1600 * 1.15 = 1840 Rupees.
A dealer incurred a loss of 6% by selling an item for Rs 329, what will be the cost price of the item? [REET 23.7.2022]
Cost price = 329 * (100/94) = 350 Rupees.
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