If the selling price of a mat is five times the discount offered and if the percentage of discount is equal to the percentage profit, find the ratio of the discount offered to the cost price.

A shopkeeper fixes the marked price of an item 35% above its cost price. The percentage of discount allowed to gain 8% is

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

By mixing two qualities of pulses in the ratio 2: 3 and selling the mixture at the rate of Rs 22 per kilogram, a shopkeeper makes a profit of 10 %. If the cost of the smaller quantity be Rs 14 per kg, the cost per kg of the larger quantity is:

Ajay bought 15 kg of dal at the rate of Rs 14.50 per kg and 10 kg at the rate of Rs 13 per kg. He mixed the two and sold the mixture at the rate of Rs 15 per kg. What was his total gain in this transaction?

The profit earned by selling an article for Rs. 832 is equal to the loss incurred when the same article is sold for Rs. 448. What should be the sale price for making 50% profit ?

What profit percent is made by selling an article at a certain price, if by selling at 2/3rd of that price, there would be a loss of 20%   ?

Bhajan Singh purchased 120 reams of paper at Rs 80 per ream. He spent Rs 280 on transportation, paid octroi at the rate of 40 paise per ream and paid Rs 72 to the coolie. If he wants to have a gain of 8 %, what must be the selling price per ream?

A Shopkeeper sells two articles at Rs.1000 each, making a profit of 20% on the first article and a loss of 20% on the second article. Find the net Profit or loss that he makes?

If books bought at prices ranging from Rs. 200 to Rs. 350 are sold at prices ranging from Rs. 300 to Rs. 425, what is the greatest possible profit that might be made in selling eight books ?

A reduction of 10 % in the price of a pen enabled a trader to purchase 9 more for Rs. 540. What is the reduced price of the pen?

Arun bought a computer with 15 % discount on the labelled price. He sold the computer for Rs. 2880 with 20 % profit on the labelled price. At what price did he buy the computer?

If a seller reduces the selling price of an item from Rs. 400 to Rs. 380 , his loss increases by 2 % . What is the cost price of the item?

A fruit seller sells apples at the rate of $\text{Rs.}9$ per kg and thereby loses $20\%.$ At what price per kg, he should have sold them to make a profit of $5\%?$

A trader mixes $26$ kg of rice at $\text{Rs.}20$ per kg with $30$ kg of rice of other variety at $\text{Rs.}36$ per kg and sells the mixture at $\text{Rs.}30$ per kg. What is his profit percentage?