Profit and Loss Questions

Ramitra purchased raw materials at a certain price for manufacturing a product. However, due to a shortage of workers, $22.5\%$ of the raw material could not be used and went to waste. $80\%$ of the cost of the used raw material was added as manufacturing cost. If Ramitra can sell her product to earn an overall profit of $20\%$ after allowing a discount of $20\%$, then the marked price of the product was how many times the total cost of the raw material purchased?

A shopkeeper offers 3 discount schemes to his customers. Which of the following schemes will provide the minimum discount percentage?
* A) Two successive discounts of $24\%$ and $27\%$.
* B) Buy 5, get 3 free.
* C) Buy 6 and get 10.

The cost price of 36 articles is equal to the selling price of $N$ articles. If the profit is $20\%$, then find the value of $N$.

Ramanna purchased raw materials for a certain price to manufacture a product. However, owing to shortage of labour, $22.5\%$ of the raw materials could not be utilised and got wasted. $80\%$ of the cost of raw materials used was added as the cost of manufacturing. If Ramanna could sell his product at a price to earn an overall profit of $20\%$ after offering a discount of $20\%$, how many times of the total cost of the raw materials purchased was the marked price of the product?

A shopkeeper offers $3$ schemes of discounts to his customers. Which of the following schemes will fetch the minimum discount percentage?
* Scheme A: Two successive discounts of $24\%$ and $27\%$.
* Scheme B: Buy $5$ get $3$ free.
* Scheme C: Buy $6$ and get $10$.

Find a single discount rate percentage equivalent to the successive discounts of $10\%$, $20\%$, and $20\%$.

The marked price of an article is $35\%$ more than its cost price. If a discount of $15\%$ is given, what will be the profit percentage?

Aarav owns a watch worth ₹ $10,000$. He sells it to Bhavin at a profit of $15\%$. After some days, Bhavin sells it back to Aarav at a $15\%$ loss. Find the percentage profit or loss faced by Aarav over the entire transaction.

A merchant bought two watches for ₹ $9,000$ each. He sold one watch at a loss of $10\%$. At what price (in ₹) should he sell the other watch to earn a profit of $18\%$ overall?

A jacket is marked for $₹2,500$. A customer pays $₹1,800$ for it. If the customer got a series of two discounts and the rate of the first discount is $10\%$, then the rate of the second discount is: