Profit and Loss Questions

When an article is sold for ₹$474$, there is a loss of $21\%$. The cost price of the article (in ₹) is:

A text book is marked at ₹$480$ and is sold for ₹$420$. What is the percentage of discount?

By reducing the selling price of an article by ₹$900$, a profit of $25\%$ turns into a loss of $5\%$. The original selling price of the article (in ₹) is:

The cost price of a shirt is ₹450. A shopkeeper marks its price in such a way that he earns a profit of 24% after giving 25% discount on its marked price. The marked price (in ₹) of the shirt is:

A man sold an article for ₹9,700 and earned a profit of 25%. What would have been his profit or loss per cent (to the nearest integer), had he sold it for ₹8,400?

A shopkeeper allows a series of discounts of 20%, 10% and 15%. How much will a customer have to pay for the item marked at ₹1,000?

By selling a wall clock for ₹3,034, a shopkeeper loses 18%. If he wishes to make a profit of 18%, what should be the selling price (in ₹) of the clock?

A vegetable dealer buys 50 carrots for ₹36, and sells 36 carrots for ₹50. His profit percentage (correct to one decimal place) is:

A shopkeeper sold an item at 20% gain. Had he bought it ₹50 cheaper and sold it at the same price, he would have gained 25%. Find the cost price of the item (in ₹).

A vendor sells a refrigerator for a sum of money which is
25
18
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of its cost price. What is his loss or profit percentage?

If the selling price of 30 articles is equal to the cost price of 45 articles, the loss or gain per cent is:

A shopkeeper offers successive discounts of 18% and 15% and sells the item for ₹34,850. What is its marked price (in ₹)?

A shopkeeper sells an item for ₹462 after offering a discount of 25% on its list price. Had he not offered any discount he would have earned a profit of 10%. What is the cost price (in ₹) of the article?

The cost price of an article is $16\%$ less than its selling price. What is the profit or loss percentage (to the nearest integer)?

A wholesaler bought an item from a manufacturer for ₹$5,000$ and sold it to a retailer at $20\%$ profit. The retailer sold it to a customer at $10\%$ profit. If the customer buys the item from the manufacturer itself, how much money (in ₹) will he save?

A shopkeeper sold an item for ₹495 with 10% profit. In order to earn 16% profit, by how much (in ₹) should he increase the selling price?

An item marked at ₹3,550 is offered at k% discount for ₹3,124. If the discount offered is reduced to (k−4)%, then at what price will the item be available to customers?

Sujatha purchased two articles for a total of ₹1,080. By selling one at a profit of 25% and the other at a loss of 20%, she neither gains nor incurs a loss. What is the difference (in ₹) between the cost price of the two articles?

A retailer gives 36% discount to his customer on the marked price of an article. In this transaction he earns a profit of 36% on the article. If the article costs ₹4,200 to the retailer, what is its marked price (in ₹)?

A man sells two laptops for ₹$40,548$ each: gaining $24\%$ on one and losing $20\%$ on the other. What is his gain/loss percentage overall (correct to two decimal places)?

By selling an article for ₹$165$, a trader gains $10\%$. If he sells it for ₹$153.75$, then his loss/gain per cent is:

A shopkeeper marks his goods at such a price that even after giving a discount of $25\%$, he gains $20\%$. If the marked price of an article is ₹$992$, what is its cost price (in ₹)?

By selling an article for ₹$380$, a man loses $24\%$. If he sells it for ₹$475$, then his loss/gain per cent is:

What is the single discount equivalent to the three successive discounts of 10%, 40% and 25%?