Profit and Loss Questions

The total cost of a washing machine with a toaster was Rs 10500. The toaster was sold at a profit of 22% and the washing machine at a loss of 12%. If the sale price was the same for both items, then the cost price of the cheaper item was:

A 20% discount is offered on an item. By applying a promo code, the customer wins 15% cashback. What is the effective discount?

A vendor bought 60 kg of sugar at the rate of Rs. 25/kg. He sold 60% of the total quantity at the rate of Rs. 30/kg. At what price/kg (in Rs.) should he sell the remaining quantity to make 30% overall profit?

Rajeev sells a machine for Rs 55 lakhs at a loss. Had he sold it for Rs 67 lakh, his gain would have been 5 times the former loss. Find the cost price of the machine.

Ticket for an adult is Rs 1600 and a child is Rs 600. One child goes free with two adults. If a group has 17 adults and 7 children, what is the discount the group gets?

At $24\%$ discount, the selling price of a washing machine is $\text{Rs }38000$. What is the selling price if the discount is $40\%$?

When a discount of $25\%$ is given on a wedding gown, the profit is $32\%$. If the discount is $17\%$, then the profit is ______.

Three articles are bought at Rs. 400 each. One of them is sold at a loss of 10%. If the other two articles are sold so as to gain 20% on the whole transaction, then what is the gain percentage on the two articles?

The marked price of an article is Rs. 600. If a shopkeeper gives two successive discounts of 20% and 10% on the marked price of the article, how much would be the selling price (in Rs.) of the article?

By selling an article for Rs. 1,008, A suffers as much loss as she would have gained by selling it at a 20% profit. If she sells it for Rs. 1,354.50, then her profit percentage is:

The marked price of an article is Rs. 530. After two successive discounts, it is sold for Rs. 396.44. If the first discount is x% and the second discount is 15%, then what is the value of x?

A machine was sold at ₹27,300 at a loss of 9%. Find the loss (in ₹).

A person, while trading the shares of a particular company, observes that its price has gone down by 10% from the previous day. In anticipation of increment on the next day, he holds it for the next day. But the share price further falls down by another 8% of the previous day. Then he sells his shares and gets ₹12,420. How much could he have saved had he sold it the previous day?

A trader had 12 quintals of wheat. He sold a part of it at 13% profit and the rest at 23% profit, so that he made a total profit of 17%. How much wheat did he sell at 23% profit?

If a shopkeeper sells an item at Rs 1000 which is marked as Rs 1250, then what is the discount percentage he is offering?

If 70% of total articles are sold at a profit of 20% and the remaining articles are sold at a loss of 20%, then what will be the overall profit percentage?

A shopkeeper purchased a chair whose marked price is Rs 1400, at two successive discounts of 20% and 30% respectively. If he sells the chair for Rs 1176, then what is the profit percentage?

The difference between cost price and selling price is $\text{Rs }494$. If the loss percentage is $19\%$, then what is the selling price (in $\text{Rs}$)?

Manik marks the price of his toys $40\%$ above the cost price. If he allows a $20\%$ discount, then what is the profit or loss percentage?

A bought a cycle and sold it to B at a profit of ₹1,000. B sold it to C at 5% loss. C sold it to D for ₹10,450 at 10% profit. If D had bought the cycle directly from where A had bought, then how much amount (in ₹) would he have saved?

By selling an article for ₹507.40, a person makes a profit of 18%. At what price (in ₹) should he sell it to make a profit of 24%?

The successive discounts of 40%, 25% and 20%, respectively, on the marked price of a chair, are equal to a single discount of ₹960. The marked price (in ₹) of the chair is:

Two articles were sold for Rs.3,000 each, with no loss and profit in the entire transaction. If one was sold at a profit of 25%, then the loss incurred on the second article is:

The selling price of 84 items is equal to the cost price of 105 items. What is the percentage of profit gained in the transaction?

On a machine there is 12% trade discount on the marked price of ₹2,56,000, but the machine is sold for ₹2,05,000 after giving an additional cash discount. How much is this cash discount (in %)? (Rounded to the nearest whole number)