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The price of a jewel, passing through three sellers, rises on the whole by 65%. If the first and the second sellers earned 20% and 25% profit respectively. The percentage profit earned by third seller is?

After getting two successive discounts, a book with a list price of Rs. 150 is available at Rs. 105. If the second discount is 12.5%, find the first discount.

Two-third of consignments was sold at a profit of 8% and the remainder at a loss of 4%. If the total profit was ₹500, find the value of the consignment?

An article is sold for Rs. 2000 with profit of 25%. What would have been the percentage of profit, if it was sold for Rs. 1800?

By selling an article for Rs. 100, a man gains Rs. 20. Then his percentage gain is ?

A shopkeeper sells an article at a 10% profit. If the cost price had been ₹ 200 less and the selling price remains the same, his profit would have been 20%. What is the actual cost price of the article?

A shopkeeper marks up the worth of his product by 60%. If he increases the discount from 15% to 20%, his profit will be decreased by ₹32. How much profit/loss would he get, if he offered a 25% discount on the marked price?

Mr. Gupta purchased an air conditioner for Rs. 12000 and sold it for Rs. 15000. What was the profit percentage?

An article is sold at a certain price. If it at 2/3 of that price, one loses 10%. Find the gain percentage at original price.

A shopkeeper sells a mobile phone for Rs. 8107 and makes a profit of 21%. Find the cost of the mobile phone.

If the manufacturer gain 10%, the wholesaler 15% and the retailer 25% on the sale of a table. What is the cost of the production of a table, if the retail price is Rs. 1265?

The difference between cost price (CP) and selling price (SP) of an article is Rs 240. If the profit is 20%, then the selling price is

Two mobile phones were purchased at the same price. One was sold at a profit of 20% and the second was sold at a price which was Rs.1520 less than the price at which the first was sold. If the overall profit earned by selling both the mobile phones was 1%, then determine the cost price of one mobile?

The profit earned after selling an item for ₹ 797 is the same as the loss incurred after selling the same item for ₹ 635. What is the cost price of the item?

A man bought 400 m of fabric @ Rs. 60 per metre. He sold 50% of it at a profit of 4%. At what percent should he sell the remaining to gain 12% on the whole transaction?

A person sold two watches for Rs 5500 each. In the sale of the first watch, he made a profit of 20% and in the sale of the second watch, he incurred a 20% loss. What is his gain or loss percentage in total?

By selling a T-shirt on marked price of ₹ 650, a shopkeeper gains 25%. During a clearance sale, the shopkeeper allows a discount of 20% on the marked price. What is the overall profit/loss?

A trader sells wheat at 10% profit and uses weight 10% less than the actual measure. What is his actual percentage gain?

If selling price of an article is $\frac{7}{6}$ of its cost price. Then the profit percentage in the transaction is:

X sold an article to Y at a profit of 18%. Later on, Y sold it back to X at a profit of 40%, thereby gaining ₹ 118. How much did X pay for the article originally?

Profit earned by selling an article for Rs.1060 is 20% more than the loss incurred by selling the article for Rs.950. At what price should the article be sold to earn a 20% profit?

By selling 8 pens for Rs 75, a shopkeeper loses 25%. How many pens should be sold for Rs 372 to earn a 24% profit?

The price of an article, passing through three hands, rises on the whole by 61%, if the first and the second sellers earned 15% and 20% profit respectively, find the percentage profit earned by the third seller.

If a saree is sold for Rs. 2880, the seller will incur a loss of 10%. At what price should he sell it to gain a profit of 20%?

By selling 32 apples for Rs 30, a man loses 25%. How many apples should be sold for Rs 24, to gain 20% in the transaction?

If the cost-price of 18 articles is equal to the selling price of 15 articles, then find the gain percentage?

The owner of a garment shop labelled his articles at 25% above the cost-price. Due to a slump in the market, his cost price was reduced by 5% but he keeps the marked price same. He thus offers a discount of 8%, due to which the sales increase by 25%. Calculate the change in owner's profit?

A shopkeeper buys $500$ m of electronic wire at $50$ paise per m. He sold $50$ % of the wire at a profit of $5$ %. At what percent should the shopkeeper sell the remaining wire so as to gain $10$% on the whole transaction?

Ram purchased a watch at a cost of $(\frac{9}{10})^{th}$ of the original cost and sold at 8% more than the original cost. His profit/loss is

An item is sold for ₹ 504 after allowing 20% discount and still a profit of 5% has been earned. The marked price is how much more than the cost price ?