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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 16
Q16.  Nisha bought a number of oranges at 2 for a rupee and an equal number at 3 for a rupee. To make a profit of 20% she should sell a dozen for ?
Question 17
Q17.  Pooja wants to sell a watch at a profit of 20%. She bought it at 10% less and sold it at Rs. 30 less but still she gained 20%. The cost price of watch is :
Question 18
Q18.  A merchant buys an article for Rs 27 and sells it at a profit of 10% of the selling price. The selling price of the article is.
Question 19
Q19.  A shopkeeper sold his goods at half the list price and thus lost 20%. If he had sold on the listed price, his gain percentage would be :
Question 20
Q20.  A man purchases some oranges at the rate of 3 for Rs. 40 and the same quantity at 5 for Rs. 60. If he sells all the oranges at the rate of 3 for Rs. 50, find his gain or loss percent(to the nearest integer).
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