Profit and Loss Questions Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: A shopkeeper bought 25 kg. of pulses at the rate of Rs. 54 kg. He sold forty percent of the total quantity at the rate of Rs. 50 per kg. at what price per kg should he sell the approximately quantity to make 25% overall profit ?
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Answer : 1. "79"
Q: Shashi sells two articles for ₹5,000 each with no loss and no profit in the overall transaction. If one article is sold at $$16{2\over 3}\%$$loss, then the other is sold at a profit of:
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Answer : 1. "25%"
Q: By selling an article for ₹72, there is a loss of 10%. At what price it should be sell to gain 10% profit?
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Answer : 2. "₹88"
Q: The cost price of a radio is₹ 600. The 5% of the cost price is charged towards transportation. After adding that, if the net profit to be made is 15%, then the selling price of the radio must be
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Answer : 2. "₹ 724.50 "
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Q: If books bought at prices from ₹150 to ₹ 300 are sold at prices ranging from ₹ 250 to ₹350, what is the greatest possible profit that might be made in selling 15 books ?
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Answer : 3. "₹ 3,000"
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Q: A trader marks his goods at 20% above cost price. If he allows a discount of 5% what is his final profit%?
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Answer : 2. "14%"
Q: Shivani purchased five pens for ₹600. She sells these five pens at the rate of ₹50 per pen. What is the approximate lo percentage that Shivani incurred on selling the five pens?
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Answer : 1. "58.33%"
Q: A man sells an article at 5 % above its cost price. If he had bought it at 5 % less than what he had paid for it and sold it at Rs. 2 less, he would have gained 10 %. The cost price of the article is
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