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A merchant makes a profit of by selling an article. What would be the percentage change in the profit percent had he paid less for it and the customer paid more for it?
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Important Questions on Profit & Loss
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An article costing was marked above the cost price. After two successive discounts of the same percentage, the customer now pays . What would be the percentage change in profit had the price been increased by the same percentage twice successively instead of reducing it?
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Divya goes to buy fruits and after a lot of bargaining is able to get the price of a dozen apples reduced by from the initial price, thereby enabling her to get 1 apple extra for every rupee saved. (Getting no discount on the extra apple). What is the initial price of a dozen apples?
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The accounts of a company show sales of . The primary cost is of sales and trading cost accounts for of the gross profit. Gross profit is arrived at by excluding the primary cost plus the cost of advertising expenses of , director’s salary of per annum plus of annual sales as miscellaneous costs. Find the percentage profit (approx) on a capital investment of ?
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Jonny has two cycles and one rickshaw. The rickshaw is worth . If he sells the rickshaw along with the first cycle, he has an amount double that of the value of the second cycle. But if he decides to sell the rickshaw along with the second cycle, the amount received would be less than the value of first cycle by . What is the value of first cycle?
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David sells his Laptop to Goliath at a loss of who subsequently sells it to Hercules at a profit of . Hercules, after finding some defect in the laptop, returns it to Goliath but could recover only for every he had paid. Find the amount of Hercules’ loss if David had paid lakh for the laptop.
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A dishonest shopkeeper, at the time of selling and purchasing, weighs less and more per kilogram respectively. Find the percentage profit earned by treachery. (Assuming he sells at Cost Price)
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A dealer marks articles at a price that gives him a profit of . of the consignment of goods was lost in a fire in his premises, was soiled and had to be sold at half the cost price. If the remainder was sold at the marked price, what percentage profit or loss did the dealer make on that consignment?
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A book was sold for a certain sum and there was a loss of . Had it been sold for more, there would have been a gain of . What would be the profit if the book were sold for more than what it was sold for?
