Profit and Loss Questions

Ram sold two bags at ₹1,260 each. On one, he gained 20% and on the other, he lost 20%. Find his gain or loss percentage in the whole transaction.

A trader sells one item to a retailer at a $20\%$ discount, but charges $10\%$ on the discounted price, for delivery and packaging. The retailer sells it for $\text{₹}4,092$ more, thereby earning a profit of $25\%$. At what price had the trader marked the item?

A trader allows a discount of $20\%$ on the marked price. He still has a profit of $44\%$ on the cost price. Find the profit percentage if he sells at the marked price.

At a village trade fair, a man buys a horse and a camel for a total amount of $\text{₹}5,125$. He sold the horse at a profit of $25\%$ and the camel at a loss of $20\%$. If he had sold both the animals at the same price, then the cost price of the cheaper animal was:

A man sold an article at a loss of $20\%$. If he could sell it for $\text{₹}1,200$ more, he would make a profit of $5\%$. What is the cost price of the article?

By selling an article for ₹$480$, a man incurs a loss of $10\%$. At what price should he sell it, so that it makes a profit of $20\%$?

A retailer marks up his goods by $150\%$ and offers a $40\%$ discount. What will be the selling price if the cost price is ₹$1,600$?

A dishonest shopkeeper professes to sell goods at his cost price but uses a false weight of $960\text{gm}$ for each kilogram. What is his gain percent?

Study the table and find the value for R.

Sonam purchased a mobile phone for ₹27,000 and sold it at a loss of 19%. With that money she purchased a Tablet and sold it at a gain of 20%. What is her overall gain or loss?

An article was bought for $\text{₹}18,560$ and sold at a loss of $2.5\%$. What is the selling price?

A trader marked a table at ₹37,062, and sold it allowing a 33% discount. If his profit was 42%, then the cost price (in ₹) of the table was:

The cost price of milk is increased to ₹62 from ₹60. The milkman sold milk at 10% profit earlier. What is his profit now if he sells milk at the same rate?

A shopkeeper bought a television for ₹ $15,400$ and sold it for ₹ $18,060$. Calculate the profit and profit percentage.

A shopkeeper sets the marked price of his goods at $25\%$ above the cost price. To attract customers, he offers a discount of $10\%$ on the marked price. Calculate the percentage of profit the shopkeeper makes on selling the goods after allowing the discount.

A merchant buys an article for ₹ $18,960$ and sells it at a $15\%$ loss. What is the selling price of the article?

A person bought a laptop for $\text{Rs. }40,000$ and sold it at a profit of $15\%$. What is the selling price of the laptop?

A number is first increased by $20\%$ and then decreased by $20\%$. What is the net percentage change?

A shopkeeper marks his goods at $160\%$ above the cost price and offers a discount of $25\%$ on the marked price. What is his profit percentage?

A shopkeeper gives a discount of about $5\%$ and still earns a profit of around $12\%$. If he does not give any discount, approximately what percentage profit will he earn?