Profit and Loss Questions

If the ratio of cost price and selling price is $25:26$, then what is the percentage of profit?

Paban incurred a $10\%$ loss by selling lemons at $\text{Rs. }18$ per dozen. At what price should he sell each dozen of lemons to make a profit of $10\%$?

A businessman sold an article at a loss of $15\%$. Had he sold the article at $\text{Rs. }100$ more, he would have gained $10\%$. At what price did he sell the article?

The ratio of manufacturing cost of two saris is $2:5$. If the first sari is sold at $15\%$ profit and the second sari is sold at $18\%$ profit, then the manufacturer makes a total profit of $\text{Rs. }396$. Find the cost of manufacture of the first sari.

A book seller allowing a $12\%$ discount on the marked price of a book made a profit of $10\%$. What will be his percentage of profit if he sells the book at the marked price?

A trader sold a bicycle at a profit of $10\%$. Had he bought the bicycle at $10\%$ less price and sold it at a price $\text{Rs. }12$ more, he would have gained $25\%$. What is the cost price of the bicycle?

A fruit seller purchased bananas at $\text{Rs. }30$ per dozen and sold each pair at $\text{Rs. }7$. What is the percentage profit or loss at this?

A man sold an article at a gain of $5\%$. Had he sold it for $\text{Rs. }240$ more, he would have gained $8\%$ . Find the cost price of the article.

A businessman purchased $35\text{kg}$ of pulse at $\text{Rs. }525$ and sold each kg at the rate of $\text{Rs. }18$. What is his percentage of profit or loss at this?

A retailer getting a discount of $20\%$ on the marked price sells an article at the marked price. The percentage of profit of the retailer is:

Selling a radio at $\text{Rs. }363.75$, there was a loss of $3\%$ to a radio seller. At what price should he sell the radio to make a profit of $10\%$?

A man sold a stove for $\text{Rs. }423$ and incurred a loss of $6\%$. At what price should it be sold so as to earn a profit of $8\%$?

There is a loss of $11\%$ if an article is sold at $\text{Rs. }178$. At what price should it be sold to make a profit of $11\%$?

A hawker purchases some mangoes at the rate of $9$ mangoes for $\text{Rs. }5$ and sells them at $\text{Rs. }8$ per dozen. What will be his profit or loss percentage?

A shoemaker sold two pairs of shoes at the same price. On the first pair he makes a profit of $20\%$ and on the other pair he makes a loss of $20\%$. What is his percentage of profit or loss in the whole business?

There is some loss if an article is sold at $\text{Rs. }120$. There is same amount of profit if the article is sold for $\text{Rs. }140$. What is the cost price of the article?