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A man buys an article for Rs. 27.50 and sells it for Rs 28.60. Find his gain percent
- 1%
- 2%
- 3%
- 4%
Answer: Option D
Explanation:
So we have C.P. = 27.50
S.P. = 28.60
Gain = 28.60 - 27.50 = Rs. 1.10
\begin{aligned}
Gain\% = \left( \frac{Gain}{Cost} * 100 \right)\% \\
= \left( \frac{1.10}{27.50} * 100 \right)\% = 4\%
\end{aligned}
1. A material is purchased for Rs. 600. If one fourth of the material is sold at a loss of 20% and the remaining at a gain of 10%, Find out the overall gain or loss percentage
- \begin{aligned} 4\frac{1}{2} \end{aligned}
- \begin{aligned} 3\frac{1}{2} \end{aligned}
- \begin{aligned} 2\frac{1}{2} \end{aligned}
- \begin{aligned} 1\frac{1}{2} \end{aligned}
Answer: Option C
Explanation:
We need to get the Total selling price to solve this question. Because after getting selling price we can get profit or loss, then we can calculate profit% or loss%
So lets solve this:
Price Received by selling one fourth of the material at a loss of 20% =
(1/4) * 600 * (80/100) = Rs. 120
Price Received by remaining material at a gain of 10% =
(3/4) * 600 * (110/100) = Rs. 495 [Note: 1-(1/4) = 3/4]
Total Selling Price = 120 + 465 = Rs. 615
Profit = 615 - 600 = 15
\begin{aligned}
Profit\% = \left( \frac{Gain}{Cost} * 100 \right)\% \\
= \left( \frac{15}{600} * 100 \right)\% \\
= \frac{5}{2}\% = 2\frac{1}{2}\%
\end{aligned}
2. A shopkeeper fixes the marked price of an item 35% above its cost price. The percentage of discount allowed to gain 8% is
- 18%
- 20%
- 22%
- 24%
Answer: Option B
Explanation:
Let the cost price = Rs 100
then, Marked price = Rs 135
Required gain = 8%,
So Selling price = Rs 108
Discount = 135 - 108 = 27
Discount% = (27/135)*100 = 20%
3. 100 oranges are bought at the rate of Rs. 350 and sold at the rate of 48 per dozen. The percentage of profit is
- \begin{aligned} 12\frac{2}{7} \% \end{aligned}
- \begin{aligned} 13\frac{2}{7} \% \end{aligned}
- \begin{aligned} 14\frac{2}{7} \%\end{aligned}
- \begin{aligned} 15\frac{2}{7} \% \end{aligned}
Answer: Option C
Explanation:
So before solving this question we will get the C.P. and S.P. of 1 article to get the gain percent.
C.P. of 1 orange = 350/100 = Rs 3.50
S.P. of one orange = 48/12 = Rs 4 [note: divided by 12 as 1 dozen contains 12 items]
Gain = 4 - 3.50 = Rs 0.50
\begin{aligned}
Gain\% = \frac{0.50}{3.50}*100 \\
= \frac{100}{7}\%
= 14\frac{2}{7}\%
\end{aligned}
4. A shopkeeper sells a transistor at Rs. 840 at a gain of 20% and another for Rs. 960 at the loss of 4%. Find his total gain percent.
- \begin{aligned} 5\frac{12}{17}\% \end{aligned}
- \begin{aligned} 5\frac{13}{17}\% \end{aligned}
- \begin{aligned} 5\frac{14}{17}\% \end{aligned}
- \begin{aligned} 5\frac{15}{17}\% \end{aligned}
Answer: Option D
Explanation:
In this type of question, we will first find total C.P. of items, then total S.P. of items, then we will get gain or loss. From which we can easily calculate its percentage.
So lets solve it now.
\begin{aligned}
\text{So, C.P. of 1st transistor = }\\
\left( \frac{100}{120} * 840 \right) = 700 \\
\text{C.P. of 2nd transistor = }\\
\left( \frac{100}{96} * 960 \right) = 1000 \\
\text{Total C.P. = 1700 }\\
\text{Total S.P. = 1800 }\\
\text{Gain = 1800 - 1700 = 100}\\
\text{Gain% = } \left( \frac{100}{1700} * 100 \right) \\
= 5\frac{15}{17}\%
\end{aligned}
5. Which among following options are true relating to this question :
Ram sold a card and makes 20% profit out of it, how much profit he actually earned ?
1. Difference between cost price of card and selling price of card is Rs. 40.
2. Selling price of card is 120% of cost price of card.
- Either 1 and 2 are sufficient to answer
- Either 1 and 2 are not sufficient to answer
- 1 is sufficient to answer alone, 2 is not sufficient to answer
- 2 is sufficient to answer alone, 1 is not sufficient to answer
Answer: Option C
Explanation:
From the question it is clear that, Gain is 20%
From 1, it is clear that S.P. - C.P. = 40, so it is sufficient to get answer.
While 2 is not sufficient to get answer.