A man buys an article and sells it at a profit of 20%. If he had bought it at 20% less and sold it for Rs.75 less, he could have gained 25%. What is the cost price?

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1. A person bought an article and sold it at a loss of 10%. If he had bought it for 20% less and sold it for Rs.75 less, he could have gained 25%. What is the cost price?

   A. Rs.250
   B. Rs.225
   C. Rs.275
   D. Rs.200

2. A person bought an article and sold it at a loss of 10 % if he had bought it for 20 % less and sold it for Rs. 55 more he would have had a profit of 40 %. The C.P of the article is:

   A. Rs. 200
   B. Rs. 225
   C. Rs. 250
   D. None of these

3. A manufacturer sells a pair of glasses to a wholesale dealer at a profit of 18%. The wholesaler sells the same to retailer at a profit of 20%. The retailer in turn sells them to a customer for Rs. 30.09, there by earning a profit of 25%. The cost price for the manufacturer is:________?

   A. Rs. 15
   B. Rs. 16
   C. Rs. 17
   D. Rs. 18

4. A shopkeeper buys two articles for Rs.1000 each and then sells them, making 20% profit on the first article and 20% loss on second article. Find the net profit or loss percent?

   A. neither profit nor loss
   B. 1%
   C. 2%
   D. 3%

5. Aleem buys 4 horses and 9 cows for Rs. 13,400. If he sells the horses at 10% profit and the cows at 20% profit, then he earns a total profit of Rs. 1880. The cost of a horse is:_________?

   A. Rs. 1000
   B. Rs. 2000
   C. Rs. 2500
   D. Rs. 3000

6. A trader bought a car at 20% discount on its original price. He sold it at a 40% increase on the price he bought it. What percent of profit did he make on the original price?

   A. 10%
   B. 11%
   C. 12%
   D. 15%

7. After allowing a discount of 15% on the marked price, the selling price is Rs. 6800 for an article. If it was sold at marked price, there would have been a profit of 60%. The cost price of the article is?

   A. Rs. 6400
   B. Rs. 5600
   C. Rs. 5000
   D. Rs. 4800
   E. None of these

8. The percentage profit earned by selling an article for Rs. 1920 is equal to the percentage loss incurred by selling the same article for Rs. 1280. At what price should the article be sold to make 25% profit?

   A. Rs. 2000
   B. Rs. 2200
   C. Rs. 2400
   D. None of these

9. A sells a bicycle to B at a profit of 20%. B sells it to C at a profit of 25%. If C pays Rs. 225 for it, the cost price of the bicycle for A is:________?

   A. Rs. 110
   B. Rs. 120
   C. Rs. 125
   D. Rs. 150

10. If an article is sold at 19% profit instead of 12% profit, then the profit would be Rs. 105 more. What is the cost price?

    A. Rs. 1505
    B. Rs. 1510
    C. Rs. 1500
    D. Rs. 1490
    E. None of these