IPMAT Indore Arithmetic > Profit & Loss PYQs

Ram purchased 3 oranges at Rs. 20 each and 5 mangoes at Rs. 38 each and then sold them by offering discounts of 25% and 20% on the fixed marked prices of oranges and mangoes, respectively. If he earned a profit of 50% on selling the oranges alone, and a total profit of 32% on selling all the fruits, then the marked price of each mango was ___

The price of a chocolate is increased by x% and then reduced by x%. The new price is 96.76% of the original price. Then x is:

A goldsmith bought a large solid golden ball at INR 1,000,000 and melted it to make a certain number of solid spherical beads such that the radius of each bead was one-fifth of the radius of the original ball. Assume that the cost of making golden beads is negligible. If the goldsmith sold all the beads at 20% discount on the listed price and made a total profit of 20%, then the listed price or each golden bead, in INR, was

Aruna purchases a certain number of apples for INR 20 each and a certain number of mangoes for INR 25 each. If she sells all the apples at $10 \%$ profit and all the mangoes at $20 \%$ loss, overall she makes neither profit nor loss. Instead, if she sells all the apples at $20 \%$ loss and all the mangoes at $10 \%$ profit, overall she makes a loss of INR 150. Then the number of apples purchased by Aruna is _________.

A shopkeeper reduces the price of a pen by 25% as a result of which the sales quantity increased by 20%. If the revenue made by the shopkeeper decreases by x% then x is