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Profit And Loss

Aptitude ➤ Profit And Loss ➤ 1

1. Cost Price: The price at which an article is purchased, is called its cost price , abbreviated as C.P.

2. Selling Price: The price at which an article is sold, is called its selling price, abbreviated as S.P.

3. Profit Or Gain: If S.P. is greater than C.P., the seller is said to have a profit or Gain.

4. Loss: If S.P. is less than C.P., the seller is said to have incurred a loss.

5. Formulae:

i) Gain = SP - CP
ii) Loss = CP - SP
iii) Loss or Gain is always reckoned on CP.
iv) Gain % = (Gain X 100)/CP
v) Loss % = (Loss X 100)/CP
vi) SP = [(100+Gain%)/100] X CP
vii) SP = [(100-Loss%)/100] X CP
viii) CP = [100/(100+Gain%)] X SP
ix) CP = [100/(100-Loss%)] X SP
x) If an article is sold at a gain of say , 35 % , then SP = 135 % of CP
xi) If an article is sold at a loss of say , 35 % , then SP = 65 % of CP
xii) When a person sells two similar items , one at a gain of say , x % , and the other at a loss of x % , then the seller always incurs a loss given by :

Loss % = [(Common loss or gain %)/10]2
               = (x/10)2

xiii) If a trader professes to sell his goods at cost price , but uses false waits, then

Gain % = [Error/(True Value - Error)] X 100 %

Question 11
Q11.  In a certain store, the profit is 320 % of the cost. If the cost increases by 25 % but the selling price remains constant, approximately what percentage of the selling price is the profit ?
Question 12
Q12.  Find the S.P. of an article whose M.P. (Marked Price ) is Rs. 1000 giving successive discount of 50 % , 40 % and 10 %.
Question 13
Q13.  100 oranges are bought at the rate of Rs. 350 and sold at the rate of Rs. 48 per dozen. The percentage of profit or loss is :
Question 14
Q14.  Sonali bought a V.C.R. at the list price of Rs. 18,500. If the rate of sales tax was 8%, find the amount she had to pay for purchasing the V.C.R.
Question 15
Q15.  On selling 17 items at Rs. 720, there is a loss equal to the cost price of 5 items. The cost price of a item is :
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