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A dealer buys an article listed at ₹250 and gets successive discounts of 12% and 16%. He spends 10% of the cost price on transportation. At what price should he sell the article to earn a profit of 25%? (Correct to two places of decimal)

The increase in the price of a certain item was 25%. Then the price was decreased by 20% and then again increased by 10%. What is the resultant increase in the price ?

A used two-wheeler dealer sells a scooter for ₹460 and makes some loss. If he had sold it for ₹580, his profit would have been double of his loss. What was the cost price of the scooter?

A house and a shop were sold for Rs. 1 lakh each. In this transaction, the house sale resulted into 20% Loss whereas the shop sale into 20% Profit. The entire transaction resulted in:

If the cost price of 30 tables is equal to the selling price of 40 tables, then what is the loss percentage ?

Which of the following schemes will yield minimum discount?

1) 2 successive discounts of 5% and 5%

2) Single discount of 10%

3) 2 successive discounts of 8% and 2%

A mobile phone dealer buys a phone for Rs. 10,000 and sells it for Rs. 12,000. Later, he realizes that he could have sold it for Rs. 13,000. What is the percentage loss that he incurs?

Ravi sells his goods at a 25% loss on cost price but uses 45% less weight. What is his percentage profit or loss?

If the selling price of 100 pens is equal to the cost price of 140 pens, find the profit percentage.

A merchant sold two refrigerators for Rs. 10,000 each. On one refrigerator, he incurred a 20% loss, and on the other, he gained 20%. What was his profit/loss percentage on the whole transaction?