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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 36
Q36.  A tradesman, by means of a false balance defrauds 10 percent in buying goods and also defrauds 10 percent in selling. His gain percent is :
Question 37
Q37.  Krishna purchased a number of articles at Rs. 10 for each and the same number for Rs. 14 each. He mixed them together and sold them for Rs. 13 each. Then his gain or loss percent is :
Question 38
Q38.  A merchant bought 200 eggs, out of which 38 eggs were broken. He sold the remaining eggs at the rate of Rs. 4.80 per dozen and thus gained 8%. His told investment is
Question 39
Q39.  A shopkeeper bought 30 kg of rice at the rate of Rs. 70 per kg and 20 kg of rice at the rate of Rs. 70.75 per kg. If he mixed the two brands of rice and sold the mixture at Rs. 80.50 per kg, his gain is :
Question 40
Q40.  A man sells an article at 5% above its cost price. If he had bought it at 5% less than what he had paid for it and sold it at Rs. 2 less, he would have gained 10%. The cost price of the article is :
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