Profit and Loss...

Two successive discounts of 10% and 20% are equivalent to a single discount of

Ankit made a pen. He spent Rs. 5 on the body and Rs. 3 on the refill. At what price must he sell the pen to gain 25%?

Sneha wanted to buy a pair of trousers. The list price of the trousers is Rs. 450, but Sneha has only Rs. 300 in her pocket. What percent discount must she get to buy the trousers?

Umesh purchased a watch from a shop. He purchased the watch at 10% discount. The shopkeeper had marked up the watch by 20%. If the cost price of watch to shopkeeper is Rs. x, at what price did Umesh purchase the watch?

Rajesh and Kamal purchase a horse for Rs. 10,000. Rajesh contributes Rs. 4000 and Kamal contributes Rs. 6000. They sell the horse for Rs. 12,000. Now, they want to share the profit in the proportion of their contributions. What percentages of the profit do Rajesh and Kamal get, respectively?

The price of an article was increased by P% and then decreased by P%. If the final price was Re. 1, the original price was

An article is marked at a price of Rs. 200. In case 1, a discount of 40% is offered on it. In case 2, two successive discounts of 36% and 4% are offered on the same article. What is the difference between the discounts offered in the two cases?

Rashmi purchased a mobile at th of its list price and sold it at 8% profit. Her gain percent is

Ravi marks his goods at 20% above the cost price; he then allows some discount on it and makes a profit of 8%. The rate of discount is

Profit obtained by selling a mixer for Rs. 56 is the same as the loss incurred by selling it for Rs. 42. What is the cost of the mixer?

On selling an article for Rs. 240, a trader loses 4%. In order to gain 10%, he must sell that article for

A dishonest dealer professes to sell his goods at cost price but uses a weight of 960 grams for 1 kg. Then his gain percentage is

Find the C.P. of an article if it is sold at a gain of 6% instead of a loss of 6% so that the seller gets Rs. 6 more.

A businessman mixes 3 kg of cashew which costs Rs. 200 per kg with 2 kg of cashew which costs Rs. 300 per kg and sells the mixture at Rs. 250 per kg. What is the profit percentage on his outlay?

1 kg tea and 3 kg sugar cost Rs. 61.20. If the cost of tea rose by 50% and cost of sugar by 10% they would cost Rs. 77.40. The prices of tea and sugar per kg respectively are

Neha purchased an article for of the listed price and sold it for of the list price. What is her % age gain?

By selling salt at Re.1 per kg, a man gains 10%. By how much must he raise the price so as to gain 21%?

Swati buys 8 oranges for Rs. 10. At what price should she sell a dozen oragnes if she wishes to make a profit of 15%?

By selling a bucket for 30% of the marked price Samindhi makes a loss of 20%, what will be her percentage profit, it she sells the bucket at 80% of the marked price

What is the maximum percentage discount Mike can offer on his bike so that he ends up selling with no profit no loss, if he had initially marked his bike up by 50%?