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Profit, Loss and Discount
Cost-price, selling-price, discount and applied problems.
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Take a full mock →Q1 · Profit, Loss and Discount · EASY
A shopkeeper bought a chair for Rs 800 and sold it for Rs 920. What is his profit percentage?
Q2 · Profit, Loss and Discount · MEDIUM
A trader marks his goods 25% above the cost price and allows a discount of 10% on the marked price. What is his profit percentage?
Q3 · Profit, Loss and Discount · MEDIUM
A shirt is sold at a loss of 15%. If the selling price had been Rs 51 more, there would have been a profit of 10%. What was the cost price of the shirt?
Q4 · Profit, Loss and Discount · MEDIUM
A fruit vendor bought 120 kg of apples at Rs 30 per kg. During transport, 10% of the apples got spoiled and had to be thrown away. At what price per kg should he sell the remaining apples to gain 20% on the whole transaction?
Q5 · Profit, Loss and Discount · HARD
A shopkeeper marks an article at Rs 2000. He offers successive discounts of 20% and 15%. What is the final selling price of the article?