Profit and Loss Questions

Selling price of a calculator is Rs 13924 and profit percentage is 18%. If selling price is Rs 10266, then what will be the loss percentage?

Naveen purchased a gas cylinder and a stove for Rs.4500. He sold the gas cylinder at a gain of 25% and the stove at a loss of 20%, still gaining 4% on the whole. Find the cost of the gas cylinder.

If by selling an article for Rs. 390 a shopkeeper gains 20% , then the cost is

A wholesaler sells a watch to a retailer at a gain of 20% and the retailer sells it to a customer at a loss of 10%. If the customer pays Rs 874.8, what had it cost the wholesaler?

Rajat sells a machine for Rs 53 lakhs at a loss. Had he sold it for Rs 64 lakh, his gain would have been 10 times the former loss. Find the cost price of the machine.

Mahesh buys a watch of Rs 300 and sells it. Mahesh gives two successive discount of 15% and 6% to the buyer. What will be the selling price (in Rs) ofthe watch?

The difference between cost price and selling price is Rs 576. If the profit percentage is 16%, then what is the cost price (in Rs)?

Junko sold an item for Rs. 220 at a loss of 12%. By how much should she have raised the price to make a profit of 10% ?