Profit and Loss

A publisher sells books to a retail dealer at Rs A publisher sells books to a retail dealer at Rs. 5 a copy but allows 25 copies to count as 24. If the retailer sells each of the 25 copies at Rs. 6, the profit percent made by him is: 25% 20% 30% None of these

2. If I sell a TV for Rs. 3100 and a cycle for Rs 2. If I sell a TV for Rs. 3100 and a cycle for Rs. 1300, I gain 10% on the original cost of both; but if I sell the TV for Rs. 3150 and the cycle for its original price, I lose 10% on the whole. Find the original cost of each respectively. Rs. 3500; Rs. 500 Rs. 3550; Rs. 450 Rs. 2770; Rs. 1230 Rs. 2800; Rs. 1200

3. I buy 2 machines X and Y. X costs Rs. 500 more than Y 3. I buy 2 machines X and Y. X costs Rs. 500 more than Y. I sell X at a profit of 16% and Y at a profit of 7%. My total gain is Rs. 1000. The cost of the machine X is: Rs. 4000 Rs. 5500 Rs. 4500 Rs. 5000

4. A man who makes a profit of 25% by selling sugar at Rs. 12 4. A man who makes a profit of 25% by selling sugar at Rs. 12.75 a kg lowers his price so as to gain only 51 paise per kg. In what ratio must his sales increase so that his total profit may be the same as before? 3 : 1 4 : 1 5 : 1 6 : 1

5. A retailer buys a machine at a discount of 15% and sells it for Rs 5. A retailer buys a machine at a discount of 15% and sells it for Rs. 1955. Thus, he makes a profit of 15%. The discount is: Rs. 300 Rs. 290 Rs. 260 Rs. 250

6. By selling a colour TV for Rs. 23520, a dealer suffers a loss of 4% 6. By selling a colour TV for Rs. 23520, a dealer suffers a loss of 4%. At what price should he sell it to gain 8%? 26460 24660 22564 28460

7. There were two articles and the sum of cost prices of these articles is Rs. 500. One of them was sold at a profit of 20% and another at a loss of 20%. Besides if the selling prices of both the articles were same. Find the overall loss in Rs. 25 22 18 20

8. By selling 18 chocolates, a vendor loses the selling price of 2 chocolates. Find his loss per cent. 8% 12% 20% 10%

9. A retailer bought 20 kg tea at a discount of 10% 9. A retailer bought 20 kg tea at a discount of 10%. Besides 1 kg tea was freely offered to him by the wholesaler at the purchase of 20 kg tea. Now the retailer sells all the tea at the marked price of wholesaler to a customer. What is the profit percentage of retailer? 30% 12% 16.66% None of these

10. A shopkeeper sold 12 cameras at a profit of 20% and 8 cameras at a profit of 10%. If he had sold all the 20 cameras at a profit of 15%, then his profit would have been reduced by Rs.36. What is the cost price of each camera? 100 150 180 220

11. A company instead of raising the mark-up by 20% discounted the cost price by 20% while stitching the price tag on its product. Further the company offers a discount of 6.25% to its customer. In this process company incurs a loss of Rs. 37.5 on a single article. What is the selling price of that article? 417.5 112.5 365.5 None of these

12. At style cloth emporium the shopkeeper measures 20% less for every metre of cloth also he marks-up goods by 20%. What is the profit percentage? 50% 80% 75% None of these

13. A trader mixes 25% kerosene with petrol and then he sells the whole mixture at the price of petrol. If the cost price of kerosene be 50% of the cost price of petrol, what is the net profit percentage? 11 1/9% 12 1/9% 9 1/11% 20%

14. Anna sold his car to Boney at a profit of 20% and Boney sold it to Chakori at a profit of 10%. Chakori sold it to a mechanic at a loss of 9.09%. Mechanic spent 10% of his purchasing price and then sold it at a profit of 8.33% to Anna once again. What is the loss of Anna? 23% 29% 50% 40%

15. Anjuli, Bhoomika and Chawla went to market to purchase the rings whose costs were same. But each ring was available with two successive discounts. Anjuli availed two successive discounts of 5% and 20%. Bhoomika availed two successive discounts 10% and 15% while Chawla availed two successive discounts of 12% and 13%. Who gets the maximum discount? Anjuli Bhoomika Chawla All of these