Profit, Loss and Discount

A man sold two houses for rs.96000 each, in the sale of the first house, he incurred 20% profit and in the sale of the second, he incurred 20% loss. What is the gain or loss percentage in total

While selling a shirt, a shopkeeper gives a discount of 7%. If he had given a discount of 9% he would have got Rs. 15 less as profit. The marked price of the shirt is

A dishonest dealer sells articles at 10% loss on cost price but uses the weight of 16g instead of 18g, what is his profit or loss per cent

A trader bought two horses for Rs.19,500. He sold one at a loss of 20% and the other at a profit of 15%. If the selling price of each horse is the same, then their cost prices are respectively.

Directions : Read the following questions carefully and choose the right answer. What will be the percentage profit after selling an article at a certain price if there occur a loss of 35% on selling the article 3/5 of the selling price?

Two tubelights, P and Q, were bought. Out of them, P cost Rs. 200 more than Q. P was sold at 60% profit and Q was sold at 60% loss. The difference between the selling prices of tubes P and Q was Rs. 1040. What was the cost price of tubelight Q?

Directions : Read the following questions carefully and choose the right answer. A person purchased a book and a novel for Rs. 2800. He sold the book at a profit of 10% and the novel at a profit 15.25%. If his total profit was 13%, find the difference between the Cost price of the Book and Novel.

A trader buys two items for Rs. 12000 each. He gets a profit of 25% on one item and incurs a loss of 20% on the other. What is the total proft/loss percentage of the trader?

A sold an article with 10% loss on the cost price. He bought the article at a discount of 20% on the labelled price. What would have been the percentage loss had he bought it at the labelled price?

Rakesh bought a cycle for Rs. 800. and marked it up by 50% and gave a discount of 10%. A customer came in to buy the cycle and bargained with Rakesh for an additional discount of 20% on the already discounted price. What is the profit earned by Rakesh?

A shopkeeper sells an item at a profit of 25%. Had he bought it at 15% less than its actual price and sold it for 48 less, his gain percentage would have been 40%. Find the cost price of the item.

Mr. Tripathi ji sold a mobile to Mr. Verma ji at a loss of 20%. After this, Mr. verma ji spent Rs. 2000 on its service and sold it at Rs. 22000 and gain of 10% then what was the cost price of the mobile for Mr. Tripathi ji ?

A man gains 90% by selling an article for a certain price. If he sells it at half the price, then what will be the loss percentage?

By selling an article, Michael earned a profit equal to one-fourth of the price he bought it. If he sold it for Rs. 375, what was the cost price?