Profit, Loss and Discount

A storekeeper gave 20% discount on an article and earned 20% profit on it. If he had given only 10% discount, what would have been his profit percentage?

Tom, the famous trader of wheat, mixes 26 kilograms of wheat at Rs. 20 per kilogram with 30 kg of wheat of different quality at Rs. 36 per kilogram and sells the mixture at Rs. 30 per kilogram. What will be his profit percentage?

A man buys two cows for Rs. 1250. He sells one cow at a gain of 6% and other at a loss of 9%. Overall, he neither gains nor loses. Find the cost price of the first cow.

A farmer sold a calf and a cow for \$760, thereby making a profit of 25% on the calf and 10% on the cow. By selling them for \$767.50, he would have realised a profit of 10% on the calf and 25% on the cow. What was the cost price of the cow?

The profit made by selling an article for \$1000 is double the loss incurred when it is sold at \$700. What is the cost price of the article?

A dealer buys an article at a discount of 20% on its list price and marks it at 25% above the list price. If he allows a 20% discount on the new list price, then his profit percent is:

If the cost price of 20 tables is exactly the same as the selling price of x number of tables and the profit earned is 25%, then which of the following is the correct value of x?

The ratio of profit on an article to discount offered on it is 5 : 3. If the CP of the article increases by 10%, the value of profit decreases by 38%. What will be the profit percentage when MP of the article is increased by 20%, keeping the increased value of CP and value of discount the same?

A shopkeeper, by selling 13 Titan watches, earns a profit equal to the selling price of 3 Titan watches. Calculate his profit percentage?

A shopkeeper bought certain items for Rs. 2000. One fourth of the items were sold at a loss of 20% and the remaining at a gain of 20%. What was his overall gain or loss percentage?

Two articles are sold for Rs. 4752 each. On one, the seller gains 32% and on the other he loses 28%. What is his overall gain or loss percentage, correct to one decimal place?

An article is marked at a price of Rs. 200. In case 1, a discount of 40% is offered on it. In case 2, two successive discounts of 36% and 4% are offered on the same article. What is the difference between the discounts offered in the two cases?

Anna has some decorative pieces worth Rs. 16000. She decided to sell them. She first sold half of the pieces and made a profit of 40%. Now, at what percentage must she sell the remaining half, so that she gets a profit of 80% on the whole?

An article is sold for Rs. 612 after successive discounts of 25% and x%. If the marked price of the article is Rs. 960, then what is the value of x?

A man bought an article and sold it at a gain of 5%. Had he bought it at 5% less and sold it for Re 1 less, he would have made a profit of 10%. The cost price of the article was