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  1. Q1Profit and LossMedium
    A trader marks his goods 50% above the cost price and then allows a discount of 25%. What is his gain or loss percent?
  2. Q2Profit and LossMedium
    A trader marks his goods 30% above the cost price and then allows two successive discounts of 10% and 5%. If he sells an article for Rs. 2,223, what is the cost price of the article?
  3. Q3Profit and LossMedium
    A shopkeeper marks his goods 25% above the cost price and allows a discount of 10% on the marked price. He also uses a faulty weight of 900 g in place of 1 kg. What is his overall profit percentage?
  4. Q4Profit and LossMedium
    A trader marks his goods 25% above the cost price and then allows a discount of 5%. What is his gain or loss percent?
  5. Q5Profit and LossMedium
    A shopkeeper marks an article 40% above its cost price and sells it at a discount of 15%. If he had given a discount of 25% instead, he would have received Rs. 252 less. What is his profit (in Rs.) when he gives the 15% discount?
  6. Q6Profit and LossMedium
    Two successive discounts of 10% and 20% are equal to a single discount of:
  7. Q7Profit and LossMedium
    A trader marks his goods 25% above the cost price and then allows a discount of 12%. What is his gain or loss percent?
  8. Q8Profit and LossMedium
    Two successive discounts of 30% and 15% are equal to a single discount of:
  9. Q9Profit and LossMedium
    Two successive discounts of 25% and 15% are equal to a single discount of:
  10. Q10Profit and LossMedium
    A trader marks his goods 20% above the cost price and then allows a discount of 20%. What is his gain or loss percent?