1. A sold an article for Rs 2784 at a profit of 16 % .

B sold an article for Rs 4224 at a loss of

12% what was the combined profit or loss percentage .

2. A sold an article to B at a profit of 20%, B sold it to C at a profit of 12% and C sold it to D at a

profit of 25%. IF D paid Rs2856 If the Cost price of A.

3. A person sold an article for Rs 455688 and made a loss of 16% Find at price should he mark
the article so that even after giving a discount of 10% he should make a profit of 26%.

4. A and B sold two articles at the same selling price. A calculated profit on CP while B
calculated on SP .Both made a profit of 20%. If the combined CP of the two articles was Rs
18130. What was the selling price of each article.

5. A person by mistake divided a number by 6 instead of multiplying by 6. what was the

percentage error.

6. A person was asked to multiply a number by 12 by mistake he multiplied it by 20. . Find by

what percentage the result should be reduced to get the correct result.

7. The price of an article is increased by 20%. by what percent should it be reduced to get it
restored back to the original price.

8. A saves 25% of his income , B saves 40% of his income and C saves 50% of his income. if
their savings are in ratio 6:5:4 and they together earn Rs 148200. Find the income of C .

9. A person sold an article at a profit of 16%. If he buys it for Rs 240 less and sells for Rs 184
more than the original Selling price he can make a profit of 50%. Find the Cost price.

10. A person sold an article at a profit of 30%. %Had he bought it for 25% less sold for Rs 160
less he would have made a profit of 60%. Find the CP of the article.

11. A person bought two articles together for Rs 12600. The first he sold at a profit of 12% and
the second at a loss of 8%. Find the CP of the costlier article if he received Rs 13167 by selling
the two articles.

12. Find what part of solution containing wine and water in ratio 4:5 be taken out and replaced
by wine so that the ratio becomes 3:2.

13. From a 50 lit 20% salt solution 20 lit of water got evaporated. Now many lit of 12% conc salt
solution be added to it to get the concentration restored to 20% .

14. Find in what ratio the contents of two jars A and B containing milk and water in ratio 2:3 and
4:3 be mixed so that the resultant mixture contains milk and water in ratio 4:5.

15. If two jars containing 215 lit of 44 % conc acid and 301 lit of 24%5 conc acid are mixed .
what will be the concentration of acid in the mixture.