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1. Priyanka sold an article for Rs. 48, and loses 20%. On what price should she sell it to make a profit of 2 20%?
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. Ruby bought a laptop for Rs.8,000 and spent Rs.500 on its spares. Later she sold it for Rs.9,500. Find her gain or loss percent.
4. Jyoti purchases a mobile for Rs.400 and sold it for Rs.380. Calculate her gain or loss percent.
5. 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?
6. 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?
7. Rajat sells bananas at a profit of 20%. If he increases the selling price of each banana by 25 paisa, he earns a profit of 45%. Find the initial selling price of each banana and also its cost price.
8. A dishonest shopkeeper sells his goods at cost price but uses a weight of 960 gms for a kg weight . Find his profit percent.
9. 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?
10. 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.
11. A retailer buys 40 pens at the market price of 36 pens from a wholesaler ,if he sells these pens giving a eO discount of 1% ,what is the profit % ?
12. A shopkeeper bought chocolates at 6 for Rs.10 and sold them at Rs.4 for Rs.6 .Find his profit or loss percent .
13. Meghana buys a calculator for Rs 600 and sells it to Vikash at 10% profit. Vikash sells it to Chandana for 5 % profit. Chandana after using it for certain time, sells it to Dinesh at a loss of 20%. For how much Chandana sell the calculator to Dinesh.
14. 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?
15. Ruby bought an article for Rs.120 is sold for Rs.150. Find the gain or loss percent.
16. 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.
17. 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?
18. Rahul buys rice for Rs 1600. He had to sell 1/4th at a loss of 20%. If he is to make an overall gain of 10%, what percentage of profit he needs to make out of the remaining stock of rice?
19. If the cost price is 96% ofS.P.then what is the profit%?
20. Find the single discount equivalent to a series discount of 20% ,10% and 5%
21. By selling 33 meter of cloth, one gains the selling price of 11 meters. Find the gain percent.
22. 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.
23. Puja sells chocolates at a profit of 20% for Rs 60. What will be the percentage loss or gain if she reduces the price to Rs 55 due to less demand.
24. The C.P. of 21 articles is equal toS.P.of 18 articles.find profit or loss %
25. Murari marks theS.P.of an article at a profit of 20%. Considering the demand of the article, he further increases the price by 10%. Find the final profit %.

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