Profit and Loss Questions

When a discount of 25% is given on a cruise trip, the profit is 41%. If the discount is 26%, then the profit is

An article is listed at Rs 2375. A man purchases it at two successive discounts of 50% and 25% and spends Rs 165 on repairing of article. If he sells thearticle at a profit of 62.5%, then what is the selling price (in Rs) of the article?

A trader had 9 quintals of wheat. He sold a part of it at 10% profit and the rest at 20% profit, so that he made a total profit of 14 %. How much wheat did he sell at 20% profit?

A vendor buys oranges at the rate of 5 for Rs 6 and sells at the rate of 2 for Rs 3. What will be the result?

A dishonest shopkeeper uses a weight of 850 gm instead of 1 kg and sells rice on its cost price. What will be his profit percentage on selling 5 kg rice?

A trader had 2000 kgs of rice. He sold a part of it at 10% profit and the rest at 16% profit, so that he made a total profit of 14.2%. How much rice (in kg) did he sell at 10% profit?

The marked price of a chair is 40% more than its cost price. If the chair is sold for Rs 520 after a discount of Rs 40, then what will be the profit percentage?

In what ratio sugar at Rs 30/kg should be mixed with sugar at Rs 45/kg so that on selling the mixture at Rs 42/kg there is a profit of 20%?