Profit and Loss Questions

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:

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

When an article is sold for ₹$474$, there is a loss of $21\%$. The cost 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 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 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 ₹)?

By selling an article for ₹$380$, a man loses $24\%$. If he sells it for ₹$475$, 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 ₹$165$, a trader gains $10\%$. If he sells it for ₹$153.75$, then his loss/gain per cent is:

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)?

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

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?

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 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?