Profit & Loss Questions

Neha Chaudhary bought some goods for Rs.10000. She sold half of the goods at a loss of 25%. At what percent of profit should she sell the remaining goods so that she gets a gain of 38% on the whole transaction?

A dealer sold three-fourth of his articles at a gain of 20% and the remaining at cost price. Find the gain earned by him in the whole transaction.

 A and B enter into a partnership by making investments in the ratio 1 : 2, 5% of the total profit goes to charity. If B’s share is 760/­, then what is the total profit earned ?

Amit and Roshan, two shopkeepers, buy article for, 1,000/­ and 2,000/­ respectively. Roshan marks his article up by 2x %and offers a discount of x% while Amit marks his article up by x%. If both make the same profit, what is the value of x.?

If an article is marked 40% above the cost price. If discount of x% is given on the marked price of the article then final profit of 12% is obtained. Now if CP of a new article is
120 Rs. and x% profit is desired then what should be the selling price of that new article?

A trader bought two mobiles for Rs. 39,000. He sold one at a loss of 20% and the other at a profit of 15%. If the selling price of each mobile is the same, then their cost prices are respectively.

A shopkeeper buys a watch and a speaker for a total of Rs.1600. He sells the watch at 30% profit and the speaker at a profit of 20% after offering a discount of 20% on the marked price for speaker. If his total profit is 25.625%, how much more profit he would have obtained, had he sold the speaker at its marked price?

Deepak found that he had made a loss of 10% while selling his smartphone. He also found that had he sold it for ` 50 more, he would have made a profit of 5%. The initial loss was what percentage of the profit earned, had he sold the smartphone for a 5% profit ?

A seller marks the price 50% above the cost price and gives 10% discount on an item.While selling, he cheats customer by giving 20% less in weight. Find his overall profit percent (approximate) ?

The profit earned after selling an article for Rs996 is the same as the loss incurred after selling the article for as 894.what is the cost price of the article?