Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
Find the loss or gain as percent, if the C.P. of 8 articles, all of the same kind, is equal to S.P. of 10 articles.
Advertisements
Solution
C.P. of 8 articles = S.P. of 10 articles = ₹ 80 (suppose)
∴ C.P. of 1 article =`80/8` = ₹ 10
and S.P. of 1 article =`80/10 = ₹ 8`
∴ Loss = C.P. - S.P. = ₹ 10 - ₹ 8 = ₹ 2
Loss % = `("Loss" xx 100)/"C.P."`
`= (2 xx 100)/10 = 20%`
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
Find the gain or loss percent, if C.P. = Rs. 200 and S.P.: = Rs. 224
Find the gain or loss percent, if C.P. = Rs. 5 and gain = 60 P
Find the selling price, if: C.P. = Rs. 150 and loss = 20%
An old machine is bought for Rs. 1,400 and is sold at a loss of 15%. Find its selling price.
A certain number of articles are bought at 3 for Rs. 150 and all of them are sold at 4 for Rs. 180. Find the loss or gain as percent.
The cost price of an article is Rs. 1,200 and selling price is times of its cost price. Find:
(i) selling price of the article
(ii) profit or loss as a percent.
The selling price of an article is Rs. 1,200 and cost price is `5/4` times of its selling price, find:
(i) cost price of the article ;
(ii) profit or loss as percent.
By selling two transistors for Rs. 600 each, a shopkeeper gains 20 percent on one transistor and loses 20 percent on the other. Find :
- C.P. of each transistor.
- total C.P. and total S.P. of both the transistors.
- profit or loss percent on the whole.
The shopkeeper marked a dinner set for ₹1000. He sold it at ₹900, what percent discount did he give?
A pair of shoes marked at ₹320 are sold at a discount of 15 percent. Find: (i) discount (ii) selling price of the shoes.
