Finding the Profit or Loss Percentage

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$100$ oranges are brought for $₹350$ and sold at $₹$$48$ per dozen. The percentage of profit or loss is ?

Q. A man sold two tapes for ₹600 each and gained 20% on one, lost 20% on the other. What is the overall gain or loss percentage?

1. 4%
2. 5%
3. 6%
4. 8%

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Gardening shears bought for $₹250$ and sold for $₹325$. What is the profit or loss in the following transactions? Also, find profit percent or loss percent in each case.

Q. Juhi sells a washing machine for Rs 13500 . She looses 20% in the bargain. What was the price at which she bought it for.

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What percent is each of the following?

$360marksoutof720$

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Fill in the blanks :

Profit $=\_\_\_\_\_\_-\_\_\_\_\_\_\_$

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Kate used a $30\%$ off coupon to purchase a sweater. If she paid $\$33.60$, what was the original price $?$

Q. Question 5
I buy a T.V. for Rs 10, 000 and sell it at a profit of 20%. How much money do I get for it?

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By selling a fan for $₹810$, a dealer makes a profit of $₹60.$What is the cost price of the fan? What is his profit percent?

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$Profit\%$ $=$$\frac{.......}{C.P}$$\times$ $100$. $[Profit/SP]$.

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Simplify the expression 6m - 10m + 10.

1. 4m + 10

2. 6m

3. -4m + 10

4. 6m - 10

Q. A man sells two horses for $₹4000$ each, neither lossing nor gaining in the deal. If he sold one horse at a gain of $25\%$, then the other horse is sold at a loss of _________.

1. $50\%$
2. $16\frac{2}{3}\%$
3. $33\frac{1}{3}\%$
4. $47\%$

Q. A reduction of 25 % in the price of rice enabled a person to buy 5 kg more for Rs. 120. Find the original price.

1. Rs. 6
2. Rs. 24
3. Rs. 8
4. None

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Solve the following problems.

An agent received Rs. 3, 000 commission by selling an old lorry. If the rate of commission is 1.5%, find the selling price of the lorry.

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Find S.P if $\mathrm{C}.\mathrm{P}=\mathrm{Rs}20\mathrm{and}\mathrm{Loss}=10\%$

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Question 40

In questions 24 to 59, fill in the blanks to make the statements true.
Devangi buys a chair for Rs. 700 and sells it for Rs. 750. She earns a profit of ___ % in the transaction.

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Question 74

In questions 60 to 79, state whether the statements are True or False.

If a bicycle was bought for ₹ 650 and sold for ₹ 585, then the percentage of profit is 10 %.

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What is profit?

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A shopkeeper purchased some eggs at $₹18$ a dozen and sold them at a profit of $20\%$. Find the selling price per egg.

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A bicycle dealer buys 30 Razorback cycles for ₹48000. Of these, 10 are with gears and the rest are without gears.(Assume that the cost price of geared and non-geared cycle is same). At what price must he sell each geared cycle so that if he sells the non - geared ones at $\frac{3}{4}$ of their cost price, he makes a profit of 40% on his total outlay.

1. ₹4320

2. ₹4520

3. ₹4200

4. ₹5020

Q. The CP of 25 articles is equal to the SP of 20 articles. Then total gain $\%$ is

1. 25%
2. 20%
3. 50%
4. 30%

Q. By selling 12 oranges for Rs 60 a man loses 25%. The number of oranges he has to sell for Rs 100 so as to gain 25% is?

Q. A toy maker makes a toy for ₹50. One day, he sells 2 toys for ₹75. Find the percentage loss or gain on each toy?

1. 35%
2. 25%
3. 20%
4. 30%

Q. An article was sold for ₹130 less than C.P due to which there is a loss of 10%. Find the selling price of the article.

1. ₹1, 170
2. ₹1, 200
3. ₹1, 300
4. ₹1, 140

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What is the rate of commission if an article is sold Rs. 1, 000 at a commission of Rs. 40?

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$Loss\%$ $=$$\frac{Loss}{C.P}$$\times$($..............$) . $[100/SP]$.

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A shopkeeper buys 80 similar articles for ₹2400 and sells them at a profit of 16%. Find the selling price of each article.

1. ₹29.8

2. ₹26.8

3. ₹34.8

4. ₹24.8

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Solve the following problems.

An agent receives an amount of Rs. 2, 400 as commission by selling chemical fertilizers. If the rate of commission is 2%, find the cost of chemicals sold by him.

Q. A trader bought an electric kettle for ₹ 800. If he gets 10% profit on selling it, then find the selling price of the electric kettle.

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The cost of an article is ₹ 15500 and ₹ 450 is spent on its repair. If the article is sold at a profit of 15% , then what is the selling price of the article?

1. 14682

2. 15342.5

3. 18000

4. 18342.5