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A man buys an item at Rs. 1200 and sells it at the loss of 20 percent. Then what is the selling price of that item

  • Rs. 660
  • Rs. 760
  • Rs. 860
  • Rs. 960

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Here always remember, when ever x% loss,
it means S.P. = (100 - x)% of C.P
when ever x% profit,
it means S.P. = (100 + x)% of C.P

So here will be (100 - x)% of C.P.
= 80% of 1200
= 80/100 * 1200
= 960

Similar Questions :

1. A person incurs a loss of 5% be selling a watch for Rs. 1140. At what price should the watch be sold to earn 5% profit.

  • Rs.1200
  • Rs.1230
  • Rs.1260
  • Rs.1290

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Let the new S.P. be x, then.
(100 - loss%):(1st S.P.) = (100 + gain%):(2nd S.P.)

\begin{aligned}
=>\left( \frac{95}{1140} = \frac{105}{x} \right) \\

=> x = 1260
\end{aligned}

2. A man bought an article and sold it at a gain of 5 %. If he had bought it at 5% less and sold it for Re 1 less, he would have made a profit of 10%. The C.P. of the article was

  • Rs 100
  • Rs 150
  • Rs 200
  • Rs 250

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Let original Cost price is x
Its Selling price = 105/100 * x = 21x/20
New Cost price = 95/100 * x = 19x/20
New Selling price = 110/100 * 19x/20 = 209x/200
[(21x/20) - (209x/200)] = 1

=> x = 200

3. In terms of percentage profit, which among following the best transaction.

  • C.P. 36, Profit 17
  • C.P. 50, Profit 24
  • C.P. 40, Profit 19
  • C.P. 60, Profit 29

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Hint: Calculate profit percent as

Profit% = (profit/cost) * 100

4. 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.

5. A man gains 20% by selling an article for a certain price. If he sells it at double the price, the percentage of profit will be.

  • 130%
  • 140%
  • 150%
  • 160%

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Let the C.P. = x,
Then S.P. = (120/100)x = 6x/5
New S.P. = 2(6x/5) = 12x/5

Profit = 12x/5 - x = 7x/5

Profit% = (Profit/C.P.) * 100
=> (7x/5) * (1/x) * 100 = 140 %

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