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A man buys pencils at the rate of $$6$$ for Rs. $$ 5$$ and sells them at $$5$$ for Rs. $$ 6$$. What is his profit $$\%$$?

An item costing Rs. $$ 840$$ was sold by a shopkeeper at a gain of $$10 \%$$ and it was again sold by the new buyer at a loss of $$5 \%$$.The final selling price of the item is:

The profit earned after selling an article for Rs. $$625$$ is the same as loss incurred after selling the article for Rs. $$435$$. What is the cost price of the article?

A trader purchased an old bicycle for Rs. $$ 480$$. He spent $$20 \%$$ of the cost on its repair. If he wants to earn Rs. $$144$$ as net profit on it, find profit $$\%$$.

A car worth Rs. $$\  1,50,000$$ was sold by $$X$$ to $$Y$$ at $$5 \%$$ profit. $$Y$$ sold the car back to $$X$$ at $$20 \%$$ loss. Therefore who gained in the entire transaction?

The cost price of 19 chairs is equal to selling price of 16 chairs.The gain % is:

What is the profit percent if the cost price of $$50$$ oranges is equal to the selling price of $$40$$ oranges?

A man sold a watch for Rs. $$600$$ at a loss. Had he sold if for Rs. $$750$$, his gain would have been double the former loss. The cost price of the watch is.

A man bought a second hand car for Rs. $$76000$$ and a TV, for Rs. $$27500$$. He sold the car at a gain of $$15\%$$ and the T.V. at a loss of $$12\%$$. Find the total amount gained or lost from the two transactions.

A Shopkeeper purchased $$70$$ kg of potatoes for Rs $$420$$ and sold the whole lot at the rate of Rs $$6.50$$ per kg. What will be his gain percent?