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SSC: Profit Loss and Discount: 02.12.2017

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Question 1

A retailer earns a profit of 35% on selling goods at 10% discount on the printed - price. The ratio of the cost price and the printed price of the book is.

Question 2

The selling price of 42 articles is same as the cost price of 63 articles, find the profit percentage?

Question 3

What is the maximum discount that can be offered on Market Price of a product which is marketed at a price 40% higher than its cost price to break even? (Here break even means to neutralize the marked price by discount - no profit/no loss).

Question 4

If the marked price of an article is 160% of its selling price, then the discount given on the product (in %) is -

Question 5

Raj has only Rs. 5760 to invest in a machine selling business. Automatic machine costs him Rs. 360 and manual machine costs him Rs. 240. He earns Rs. 22 profit on an automatic machine and Rs. 18 on a manual machine. If he has space for at most for 20 machines. What is the maximum profit (in Rs.) Raj can generate from this business?

Question 6

A merchant purchases a wrist-watch for Rs. 450 and fixes its list price in such a way that after allowing a discount of 10%, he earns a profit of 20%. Then the list price (in rupees) of the wrist watch is

Question 7

A sells an article to B at a gain of 25% and B sells it to C at a gain of 20% and C sells it to D at a gain of 10%. If D pays s. 330 for it, how much did it cost to A?

Question 8

A person X sells an article of Rs. 100 with a loss of 10% to the person Y. Y sells it at a gain of 10% to another person Z. What is the price at which Y sold the article to Z?

Question 9

A merchant sells his two mobiles – one at 15% loss and another at 10% profit. If the cost prices of the two mobiles are in the ratio of 1:2, what is his percent profit or loss?

Question 10

Sumant wants to sell a mobile at a profit of 20%. He bought it at 10% less and sold it at Rs. 60 less, still he gained 20%. The cost price of mobile is -
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