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Profit and Loss


1.

A man buys oranges at Rs 50 a dozen and an equal number at Rs 40 a dozen. He sells them at Rs 55 a dozen and makes a profit of Rs 500. How many oranges does he buy?

30 dozens

40 dozens

50 dozens

60 dozens


2.

By selling an article at 80% of its marked price, a merchant makes a loss of 12%. What will be the percent profit made by the merchant if he sells the article at 95% of its marked price?

5%

4%

5.5%

4.5%


3.

What profit percent is made by selling an article at a certain price, if by selling at 2/3rd of that price, there would be a loss of 20% ?

30%

25%

15%

20%


4.

A trader mixes 26 kg of sugar at Rs. 20 per kg with 30 kg of sugar of other variety at Rs. 36 per kg and sells the mixture at Rs. 30 per kg. His profit percent is:

No profit, No loss

5%

8%

10%


5.

A man bought an article and sold it at a gain of 5 %. If he had bought it at 5% less and sold it for Re 1 less, he would have made a profit of 10%. The CP of the article was:

Rs 100

Rs 150

Rs 200

Rs 250


6. If the cost price of 50 oranges is equal to the selling price of 40 oranges, then the profit per cent is

20

33.33

15

25


7.

A person incurs a loss of 5% by selling a watch for Rs. 1140. At what price should he sell to earn 5% profit.

Rs.1200

Rs.1230

Rs.1260

Rs.1290


8.

The cost price of 20 articles is the same as the selling price of x articles. If the profit is 25%, then the value of x is:

15

16

18

25


9.

If selling price is doubled, the profit triples. Find the initial profit percent ?

100%

200%

300%

400%


10.

Two successive discounts of 20% and 15% are equivalent to a single discount of:

35%

32%

33.33%

30%