Profit, Loss and Discount

Some lollipops are bought at $11$ for a rupee and the same number at $9$ a rupee. If the whole lot is sold at $10$ a rupee, find the gain or loss percent.

Three tables are purchased for Rs. $ 2500$ each. First is sold at a profit of $8\%$, the second is sold at a loss of $3\%$. If their average selling price is Rs. $2575$, find the profit percent on the third

A merchant buys $1260$ kg of corn $\displaystyle \frac{1}{4}$ of which he sells at a gain of $5\%$, $\displaystyle \frac{1}{3}$ at a gain of $\%$ and the remainder at a gain of $12\%$. If he had sold the whole at a gain of $10\%$ he would have gained Rs $27.30$ more. Find the cost price per kg.

A person bought two clocks. The cost price of one of them exceeds by $\displaystyle \frac{1}{4}$ the price of the other. He sold the costlier clock to the dealer at a gain of $10\%$ and the other at a gain of $7.5\%$ and thus got $Rs \ 98$ in all as $SP.$ Find the total cost price of two clocks

An almirah is listed at Rs 1000. A retailer buys it with two successive discounts of 10% and 20% for cash. The other expenses are 10% of the cost of the almirah. At what price should he sell to earn a profit of 15%?

Jai Pal sells a shirt at a profit of $25$ percent. Had he bought it at $25$ percent less and sold it for Rs. $25$ less he still would have gained $25$ percent. The cost price of the shirt is

A merchant buys $40$ bicycles and marks them at $25$% above the cost price. He allows a discount on the marked price at $10$% for cash sales and at 5% for credit sales. If three fourth of the stock is sold for cash and the rest for credit and if the total profit is Rs $2025$, what is the cost price of one bicycle?

A dishonest shopkeeper claims to sell his goods at cost price, but uses a weight of 800 gm in place of the standard 1 kg weight. What is his gain per cent ?

The marked price of a watch is Rs.1600. After two successive discounts it is sold for Rs.1224. If the rate of first discount is 10%, what is the rate of second discount ?

A person sells an article for Rs.75 and gains as much per cent as the cost price of the article. What is the cost price of the article ?

A dealer allows 25% discount on the marked price of articles and earns a profit of 20% on them. What is the marked price of the article on which he gains Rs.800 ?

A manufacturer marks his goods at 40% above the cost price. He allows a discount of 10% for cash customers and 5% to credit customers. $\displaystyle \frac{3}{5}$ of the goods are sold for cash and the rest on credit. What is the percentage of profit when all the goods are sold and amount realised ?

By selling an article at 80% of the marked price, there is a loss of 10%. If the article is sold at the marked price, the profit percent will be

If 10% discount is allowed on the marked price of an article, the profit of a dealer is 20%. If he allows a discount of 20%, his profit will be

By selling an umbrella for Rs.300 a shopkeeper gains 20%. During a clearance sale the shopkeeper allows a discount of 10% on the marked price. Find his gain percent during the sale season.