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Cost price and selling price given: profit or loss in rupees or percent

This type of question, asked 5 times: 17 Jul 2023 S3, 18 Jul 2023 S4, 26 Jul 2023 S4, 13 Sep 2025 S3, 22 Sep 2025 S1. All 5 questions below, oldest first.

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  1. Question 1

    17 Jul 2023 S3

    72
    A table was bought for ₹3,000 and sold for ₹3,200. Find the gain or loss in terms of money.

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  2. Question 2

    18 Jul 2023 S4

    56
    A shopkeeper purchases six small cold drink bottles for ₹100. For how much should he sell one such bottle to get a profit of 20%20\%?

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  3. Question 3

    26 Jul 2023 S4

    74
    A watch is purchased for ₹3,200 and sold for ₹2,700. Calculate the percentage loss up to two places of decimal.

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  4. Question 4

    13 Sep 2025 S3

    64
    A shopkeeper made a loss of ₹125 on an article. If the loss percentage was 5%5\%, what was the cost price of the article (in ₹)?

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  5. Question 5

    22 Sep 2025 S1

    61
    A man buys a set of 3 identical watches at a total cost of Rs. 4,500. He sells them at Rs. 1,800, Rs. 1,700, and Rs. 1,600, respectively. What is the overall profit or loss?

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