Profit and Loss | Successive Selling

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Questions

A merchant has 1000 kg of sugar, part of which he sells at 8% profit and the rest at 18% profit. He gains 14% on the whole. The quantity sold at 18% profit is :

I gain 19% if I sell an article for Rs. 595. What would be my gain or loss percentage if I sell it for Rs. 475?

By selling 175 pineapples, the gain is equal to the selling price of 50 pineapples. What is the gain percentage?

For an article the profit is 190% of the cost price. If the cost price increase by 10% but the selling price remains same, then profit is what percentage of selling price (approximately)?

70% of the cost price of a article is equal to the 40% of its selling price. What is the profit or loss percentage?

If the profit is 20%, then what will be the ratio of cost price to selling price respectively?

A man gains 15% by selling a calculator for a certain price. If he sells it at the triple the price, then what will be the profit percentage?

A person sold his pen for Rs 24 and his profit percentage was numerically equal to the cost price. What was the cost price (in Rs) of the pen?

If the cost price of 48 articles is equal to the selling price of 32 articles, then what is the profit percentage?

By selling 90 pens for Rs 80 a man loses 20%. What should be the selling price (in Rs) of 90 pens for 20% profit?

A shopkeeper by selling 5 items, earns a profit equal to the selling price of 1 item. What is his profit percentage?

The cost price of an article is x. It is marked up by 120%. It is sold at Rs 8800 after giving 20% discount. What is the value (in Rs) of x?

What is the effective discount (in %) on two successive discounts of 20% and 10%?

A shopkeeper by selling 21 items earns a profit equal to the selling price of 1 item. What is his profit percentage?

A vendor buys 6 bananas for Rs 25 and sells them at 3 for Rs 20. What is his profit percentage?