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By selling an article at Rs.800, a shopkeeper makes a profit of 25%.At what price should he sell the article so as to make a loss of 25%?

  • Option 1)

    Rs.720

  • Option 2)

    Rs. 600

  • Option 3)

    Rs.540

  • Option 4)

    Rs.480

  • Option 5)

    Rs.640

125:800::75:x

x=\frac{(800\times 75)}{125}=480

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A shopkeeper fixes the marked price of an item 35% above its cost price. The percentage of discount allowed to gain 8% is

  • Option 1)

    19%

  • Option 2)

    20%

  • Option 3)

    22%

  • Option 4)

    24%

  • Option 5)

    18%

Let CP = 100

MP = 135

SP = 108

D% =     \left ( \frac{27}{135} \right )\times 100=20\; ^{0}\! /_{0}

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In a certain store, the profit is 320% of the cost. If the cost increases by 25% but the selling price remains constant, approximately what percentage of the selling price is the profit.

  • Option 1)

    70%

  • Option 2)

    80%     

  • Option 3)

    60%

  • Option 4)

    none

  • Option 5)

    90%

Let CP = 100              SP = 420

New CP = 125

Then Profit% at SP = \left ( \frac{295}{420} \right )\times 100=70\: ^{0}\! /_{0}  (approx)

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A milkman has 20 liters of milk. If he mixes 5 liters of water, which is freely available, in 20 liters of pure milk. If the cost of pure milk is Rs. 18 per litre, then the profit of the milkman, when he sells all the mixture at  cost price, is:

  • Option 1)

    20%

  • Option 2)

    25%

  • Option 3)

    27%

  • Option 4)

    18%

  • Option 5)

    33.33%

Total cost of pure milk = 20\times 18=360

Now 5 litres of water added and sell at CP

Then SP= 25\times 18=450

P%=     \left ( \frac{90}{360} \right )\times 100   = 25%

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By mixing two qualities of pulses in the ratio 2: 3 and selling the mixture at the rate of Rs 22 per kilogram, a shopkeeper makes a profit of 10 %. If the

By mixing two qualities of pulses in the ratio 2: 3 and selling the mixture at the rate of Rs 22 per kilogram, a shopkeeper makes a profit of 10 %. If the cost of the smaller quantity be Rs 14 per kg, the cost per kg of the larger quantity is:

  • Option 1)

    Rs 23

  • Option 2)

    Rs 25

  • Option 3)

    Rs 24

  • Option 4)

    None    

  • Option 5)

    Rs 22

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If the cost price of 12 pens is equal to the selling price of 8 pens, the gain percent is ?

  • Option 1)

    12

  • Option 2)

    30

  • Option 3)

    50

  • Option 4)

    40

  • Option 5)

    60

Profit % = \left ( \frac{4}{8} \right )\times 100=50\: ^{0}\! /_{0}

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Tarun got 30% concession on the labelled price of an article and sold it for Rs. 8750 with 25% profit on the price he bought. What was the labelled price?

  • Option 1)

    10000  

  • Option 2)

    12000

  • Option 3)

    11000

  • Option 4)

    14000

  • Option 5)

    13000

Let MP = 100

CP = 70

S = 70 \times 1.25 = 87.5

Now 87.5 % = 8750

MP = 100% = 10000

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The percentage profit earned by selling an article for Rs. 1920 is equal to the percentage loss incurred by selling the same article for Rs. 1280. At what price should the article be sold to make 25% profit?

  • Option 1)

    2000

  • Option 2)

    2200    

  • Option 3)

    2400

  • Option 4)

    2300

  • Option 5)

    none of these

Diff = 1920 - 1280 = 640

CP lies b/w both SP's

CP =  1280+\frac{640}{2}=1600

New SP = 1600 \times 1.25 = 2000

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The cost price of 20 articles is the same as the selling price of x articles. If the profit is 25%, then the value of x is:

  • Option 1)

    15

  • Option 2)

    16

  • Option 3)

    18

  • Option 4)

    20

  • Option 5)

    25

P % = \left ( \frac{dif\! f}{SP} \right )\times 100

25=\left ( \frac{(20-x)}{x} \right )\times 100

x=16

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A tradesman fixed his selling price of goods at 30% above the cost price. He sells half the stock at this price, one-quarter of his stock at a discount of 15% on the original selling price and rest at a discount of 30% on the original selling price. Find the gain percent altogether.

  • Option 1)

    15.675%

  • Option 2)

    15.40%

  • Option 3)

    15.575%

  • Option 4)

    16.375%

  • Option 5)

    14.875%

Let CP = 100               MP = 130

Revenue =   \left [ \left ( \frac{1}{2} \times 130\right )+\left ( \frac{1}{4} \times 130\times .85\right ) +\left ( \frac{1}{4}\times 130\times .7 \right )\right ]

\Rightarrow 115.4

P % = 15.4%

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