A fruit merchant makes a profit of 25% by selling mangoes at a certain price. If he charges Re. 1 more on each mango, he would gain 50%. At first the price of one mango was

Krishnan bought a camera and paid 20% less than its original price. He sold it at 40% profit on the price he had paid. The percentage of profit earned by Krishnan on the original price was

A wholesaler purchased 7 hair clips for a rupee. How many for a rupee must he sell to get profit of 40%?

A shopkeeper sells a watch set on discount of 8% of printed price and gain 25 %. If marked price was Rs. 20,000 then, what was the cost price?

A man purchased a bedsheet for₹ 450 and sold it at a gain of 10% calculated on the selling price. The selling price of the bedsheet was 

Directions: Study the information given below and answer the questions that follow.
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 amount of discount given?

Aparna changes the marked price of an item to 50% above its C.P. What % of discount allowed in approximately to gain 10%?

A merchant fixes the sale price of his goods at 15 % above the cost price. He sells his goods at 12 % less than the fixed price. His percentage of profit is: