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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 31
Q31.  An article was sold at 16% gain. Had it been sold for Rs 200 more, the gain would have been 20%. Then the cost price of the article is :
Question 32
Q32.  A man purchased 150 pens at the rate of Rs 12 per pen. He sold 50 pens at a gain of 10%. The percentage gain at which he must sell the remaining pens so as to gain 15% on the whole outlay is :
Question 33
Q33.  A sells a suitcase to B at 10% profit. B sells it to C at 30% profit. If C pays Rs 2860 for it, then the price at which A bought it is :
Question 34
Q34.  A dealer sold two types of goods for Rs 10000 each. On one of them, he lost 20% and on the other he gained 20%. His gain or loss percent in the entire transaction was :
Question 35
Q35.  A piece of land came to a person through three middleman each gaining 20%. If the person purchased the land for Rs. 3,45,600 the original cost of the land was :
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