Profit and Loss Questions Practice Question and Answer
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An article was bought for Rs. 5600. Its price was marked up by 12%. Thereafter it was sold at a discount of 5% on the marked price.
What was the marked price of the article?
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5df0b4e6004abe5c78f74f21An article was bought for Rs. 5600. Its price was marked up by 12%. Thereafter it was sold at a discount of 5% on the marked price.
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Answer : 5. "Rs 6272"
Q: A person bought some articles at the rate of 5 per rupee and the same number at the rate of 4 per rupee. He mixed both the types and sold at the rate of 9 for 2 rupees. In this business he suffered a loss of Rs. 3. The total number of articles bought by him was
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Answer : 4. "1080 "
Q: A scooter was purchased for Rs 30,000 and Rs 3,000 was spent to repair it. It was sold for Rs 39,600. What was the profit percentage?
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Answer : 2. "20"
Q: Raghu sold an article for Rs. 180 after allowing a 20% discount on its marked price. Had he not allowed any discount, he would have gained 20%. What is the cost price of the article?
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Answer : 1. "187.50"
Q: A shopkeeper allows 25% discount on his advertised price and to make a profit 25% on his outlay. What is the advertised price (in Rs.) on which he gains Rs. 6000?
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Answer : 4. "40000"
Q: A man sells two chairs at Rs. 120 each and by doing so he gains 25% on one chair and loses 25% on the other. His loss on the whole in Rs.is
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Answer : 2. "16"
Q: A shopkeeper bought goods for Rs. 2025. He sold $$ {1\over 5}$$ th of it at 20% profit and the remaining at the profit of 5%, the profit per cent on the whole is
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Answer : 4. "8%"
Q: Arun purchased 30 kg. of rice at the rate of Rs. 17.50 per kg. and another Rs. 30 kg. at a certain rate. He mixed the two and sold the entire quantity at the rate Rs. 18.60 per kg. and made 20% overall profit. At what price per kg. did he pruchase the lot of another 30 kg. rice?
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