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1. If the cost price is 96% ofS.P.then what is the profit%?
2. When Priyanka sold an article for Rs 540, she made a loss of 10%. At what price should she sell it, so that she incurs a loss of only 5%.
3. A machine was sold at an addition of 10%. Had it been sold at Rs. 80 less, The seller would have lost 10%. What is the expense cost of the machine?
4. Anish marks all his goods at 50% above the cost price and thinking that he will still make 25% profit,offers a discount of 25% on the marked price.what is the actual profit or loss?
5. An article is sold by X to Y at a loss of 20%, Y to Z at a gain of 15%, Z to W at a loss of 5% and W to V at a profit of 10%. If v had to pay Rs 500, how much X paid for it?
6. Tripti sold an article at 5 % profit instead of selling at a loss of 5%, So she got 5 Rs more. What was the cost price of the article?
7. The C.P. of 21 articles is equal toS.P.of 18 articles.find profit or loss %
8. At what % above C.P must an article be marked so as to profit 33% after allowing a customer a discount of 5%?
9. On a payment of Rs. 10000 three progressive rebates of 10%, 10% and 30% and three progressive rebates of 40%, 5% and 5% was available. By picking the better one, he can save:
10. Anumita purchases some items at the rate of Rs.100 per item. She decided to sell the first item for Rs. 2, second one for Rs. 4, third for Rs. 6…and so on. She wants to make an overall profit of at least 40%, what is the minimum number of items she should sell?
11. Priya sells a watch at 5% loss. If she had bought it at 20% more and sold it for Rs 102 more, she would have incurred a loss of 40%. Find the cost price of the watch.
12. Toffees are bought at the rate of 5 for a rupee. To gain 25% they must be sold at?
13. Shekhar bought a bicycle for Rs.600 and sold it for Rs.550. Find profit or loss percent.
14. A man brought some chocolates at 3 for a rupee. How many for a rupee should he sell to make a profit 50%?
15. If books bought at prices ranging from Rs.150 to Rs.250 are sold at prices ranging from Rs.225 to Rs.325, what is the greatest possible profit that might be made in selling 6 books?
16. Raju sold two plots for Rs 72 lakh each. On first plot he earns a profit of 16% and on the other plot he loses 16%. How much does he loss or gain in the whole transaction?
17. Traders A and B buy two goods for Rs. 1000 and Rs. 2000 respectively. Trader A marks his goods up by x%, while trader B marks his goods up by 2x% and both offers a discount of x%. If both make the same profit/loss, find x.
18. A shopkeeper bought chocolates at 6 for Rs.10 and sold them at Rs.4 for Rs.6 .Find his profit or loss percent .
19. By selling 33 meter of cloth, one gains the selling price of 11 meters. Find the gain percent.
20. After getting 2 successive discounts, a shirt with a list price of Rs 150 is available at Rs 105. If the second discount is 12.55,find the first discount.
21. Nikky bought an article for Rs.1750 and sold it for Rs.1680. Find her gain or loss percent.
22. A book was sold for rs 27.50 with a profit of 10%. if it were sold for rs25.75, then what would be % of profit or loss?
23. Mita bought cookies at 3 for a rupee. How many for a rupee should she sell to make a profit of 50%.
24. Jyoti purchases a mobile for Rs.400 and sold it for Rs.380. Calculate her gain or loss percent.
25. Find the profit or loss as percent while a motorcycle is bought for Rs.25000 and it was sold for Rs.28000.

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