Arun Sharma Solutions for Exercise 2: Level of Difficulty

Raghav bought $25$ washing machines and microwave ovens for $₹205000$. He sold $80\%$ of the washing machines and $12$ microwave ovens for a profit of $₹40000$. Each washing machine was marked up by $20\%$ over cost and each microwave oven was sold at a profit of $₹2000$. The remaining washing machines and $3$ microwave ovens could not be sold. What is Raghav's overall profit/loss?

After selling a watch, Shyam found that he had made a loss of $10\%$. He also found that he sold it for $₹27$ more, he would have made a profit of $5\%$. The actual initial loss was what percentage of the profit earned, had he sold the watch for a $5\%$ profit?

Sambhu bought rice at $₹10 \mathrm{per} \mathrm{kg}$ and placed a price tag on it, to earn a profit of $20\%$. However, his faulty balance shows $1000 \mathrm{gm}$, when it was actually $800 \mathrm{gm}$. What is his actual gain percentage?

The profit earned when an article is sold for $₹800$ is $20$ times the loss incurred when it is sold for $₹275$. At what price should the article be sold if it is desired to make a profit of $25\%$?

A sells to B goods at five-thirds the rate of profit at which B has decided to sell it to C. C, on the other hand, sells it to D at one-third the rate of profit at which B sold it to C. If D gives $₹2145$ to C at $10\%$ profit, how much did A buy it for?

In the town of Andher Nagari Chaupat Raja, shopkeepers have to buy and sell goods in the range of $₹500$ to $₹999$. A shopkeeper in such a town decides not to buy or sell goods for amounts that contain the digit $9$ or for amounts that add up to $13$ or are a multiple of $13$. What is the maximum possible profit he can earn?

An orange vendor makes a profit of $20\%$ by selling oranges at a certain price. If he charges $₹1.2$ higher per orange, he would gain $40\%$. Find the original price at which he sold an orange.

The Mindworkzz prints $5000$ copies of a magazine for $₹500000$ every month. In the month of July, Mindworkzz distributed $500$ copies for free. Besides, it was able to sell $\frac{2}{3}$ of the remaining magazines at $20\%$ discount, and the remaining magazines were sold at the printed price of the magazine, which was $₹200$. Find the percentage profit of Mindworkzz in the magazine venture in the month of July. (Assume a uniform $20\%$ of the sale price as vendor's discount and also assume that Mindworkzz earns no income from advertising for the issue).