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Discount and MP Question 1:
An article has a cost price of ₹ a and is sold at ₹ 2a. The marked price is ₹ 700 more than the cost price. Now, if both the cost price and selling price are increased by ₹ 100, but the marked price remains unchanged, then what is the difference between the new discount and the new profit on the article?
(Given: a=252−125)
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Discount and MP Question 1 Detailed Solution
Given:
a = 252 − 125 = 625 − 125 = ₹500
Cost Price (CP) = ₹a = ₹500
Selling Price (SP) = ₹2a = ₹1000
Marked Price (MP) = a + 700 = 500 + 700 = ₹1200
Formula used:
Discount = MP − SP
Profit = SP − CP
New values:
New CP = 500 + 100 = ₹600
New SP = 1000 + 100 = ₹1100
New MP = ₹1200 (unchanged)
Calculations:
New Discount = 1200 − 1100 = ₹100
New Profit = 1100 − 600 = ₹500
Difference = 500 − 100 = ₹400
∴ The required difference between new discount and new profit is ₹400.
Discount and MP Question 2:
The cost price of an article is 64% of its marked price. If the article is sold at 12% discount on the marked price, then profit percent is:
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Discount and MP Question 2 Detailed Solution
Given:
Cost Price (CP) = 64% of Marked Price (MP)
Discount = 12% of Marked Price (MP)
Formula used:
Profit Percentage = Profit/Cost Price × 100
Profit = Selling Price (SP) - Cost Price (CP)
Selling Price (SP) = Marked Price (MP) - Discount
Calculation:
Let Marked Price (MP) = ₹100
⇒ Cost Price (CP) = 64% of ₹100 = ₹64
⇒ Discount = 12% of ₹100 = ₹12
⇒ Selling Price (SP) = ₹100 - ₹12 = ₹88
⇒ Profit = SP - CP = ₹88 - ₹64 = ₹24
⇒ Profit Percentage = (Profit/Cost Price) × 100
⇒ Profit Percentage = (24/64) × 100 = 37.5%
∴ The correct answer is option (3).
Discount and MP Question 3:
The cost price of article B is 25% more than article A. Article A and B are marked up by 30% and 20% respectively. A is sold at 10% discount, B at 5% discount. If A’s selling price is ₹51 less than selling price of article B, then what is the cost price of B?
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Discount and MP Question 3 Detailed Solution
Given:
CP of B is 25% more than CP of A
Article A marked up by 30%, sold at 10% discount
Article B marked up by 20%, sold at 5% discount
Selling price of A is ₹51 less than B
Formula used:
Marked Price = CP × (1 + markup%)
Selling Price = MP × (1 - discount%)
Calculations:
Let CP of A = ₹x
⇒ CP of B = x + 25% of x = 1.25x
SP of A = x × 1.3 × 0.9 = x × 1.17
SP of B = 1.25x × 1.2 × 0.95 = 1.425x
SP of B - SP of A = ₹51
⇒ 1.425x - 1.17x = 51
⇒ 0.255x = 51
⇒ x = 200
⇒ CP of B = 1.25x = 1.25 × 200 = ₹250
∴ The correct answer is ₹250
Discount and MP Question 4:
A Shopkeeper sells an article by offering 24% discount on the marked price and thereby gets a loss of 5%. If he does not offer the discount, then the gain/loss he gets is
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Discount and MP Question 4 Detailed Solution
Given:
Discount = 24%
Loss = 5%
Formula used:
Cost Price (CP) = SP / (1 - Loss%)
Gain/Loss without discount = (SP without discount - CP) / CP × 100
Calculation:
Let the Marked Price (MP) = 100
Selling Price after discount (SP) = MP - Discount = 100 - 24 = 76
⇒ CP = 76 / (1 - 0.05)
⇒ CP = 76 / 0.95 = 80
SP without discount = MP = 100
Gain/Loss without discount = (SP without discount - CP) / CP × 100
⇒ Gain/Loss = (100 - 80) / 80 × 100
⇒ Gain = 20 / 80 × 100 = 25%
∴ The correct answer is option (3).
Discount and MP Question 5:
The marked price of a newly arrived article shows an increase of 15% on its cost price. Later this marked price was decreased by 20% as the article is outdated. If the cost price of the article is 1,200 then the profit or loss for the shopkeeper with the current selling price is
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Discount and MP Question 5 Detailed Solution
Given:
Cost Price (C.P) = ₹1200
Marked Price (M.P) = 1200 + 15% of 1200 = ₹1380
Discount = 20%
Formula used:
Selling Price (S.P) = Marked Price - Discount
Profit or Loss (%) = [(S.P - C.P) / C.P] × 100
Calculation:
Marked Price (M.P) = ₹1380
Discount = 20% of M.P = (20/100) × 1380 = ₹276
⇒ Selling Price (S.P) = M.P - Discount = 1380 - 276 = ₹1104
Profit or Loss = [(S.P - C.P) / C.P] × 100
⇒ [(1104 - 1200) / 1200] × 100
⇒ (-96 / 1200) × 100 = -8%
The shopkeeper incurs an 8% loss.
The correct answer is option 2.
Top Discount and MP MCQ Objective Questions
A shopkeeper earns a profit of 25 percent on selling a radio at 15 percent discount on the Printed price. Finds the ratio of the Printed price and the cost price of the radio.
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Discount and MP Question 6 Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFGiven:
Profit = 25 Percent
Discount = 15 Percent
Formula:
MP/CP = (100 + Profit %)/(100 – Discount %)
MP = Printed Price
CP = Cost Price
Calculation:
We know that –
MP/CP = (100 + Profit %)/(100 – Discount %) ………. (1)
Put all given values in equation (1) then we gets
MP/CP = (100 + 25)/(100 – 15)
⇒ 125/85
⇒ 25/17
∴ The Ratio of the Printed price and cost price of radio will be 25 ∶ 17Two successive discounts of 40% and 20%, respectively, on the marked price of an article are equal to single discount of Rs 988. The marked price (in Rs) of the article is:
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Discount and MP Question 7 Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFGiven:
Two discounts = 40% and 20%
Formula:
Two discounts a% and b%
Total discount = \((a +b)- \frac{ab}{100}\)
Discount amount = (marked price) × (discount %)/100
Calculation:
Single discount percentage = \((40 +20)- \frac{40× 20}{100}\) = 52%
⇒ 52 = 988/marked price × 100
⇒ Marked price = 1900
∴ Marked price of an article is Rs.1900.
Alternate MethodLet the MP be x.
x - [x × (100 - 40)/100 × (100 - 20)/100] = 988
⇒ x - [x × (60/100) × (80/100)] = 988
⇒ x - x × (3/5) × (4/5) = 988
⇒ 13x/25 = 988
⇒ x = (988 × 25)/13
⇒ x = 1900
∴ Marked price of an article is Rs.1900.
A grocery shop is offering 10% discount on the purchase of Rs.500 and above. A 5% discount is given on the purchase of value above Rs.250 but below Rs.500. A discount of additional 1% is given if payment is made instantly in cash. How much would a customer have to pay by cash if he buys 25 packets of biscuits and one packet is priced at Rs.30?
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Discount and MP Question 8 Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFGiven:
A grocery shop is offering a 10% discount on the purchase of Rs.500 and above. A 5% discount is given on the purchase of value above Rs.250 but below Rs.500. A discount of an additional 1% is given if payment is made instantly in cash.
He bought 25 packets of biscuits and one packet is priced at Rs.30.
Concept used:
1. Final discount percentage after two successive discounts of A% and B% = \((A + B - {AB \over 100})\%\)
2. Selling price = Marked Price × (1 - Discount%)
Calculation:
Total billed price = 25 × 30 = Rs. 750
Since he paid in cash, he would get two consecutive discounts of 10% and 1%.
So, final discounts = 10 + 1 - (10 × 1)/100 = 10.9%
Now, he would have to pay = 750 × (1 - 10.9%) = Rs. 668.25
∴ He would have to pay Rs. 668.25.
A shopkeeper marks his goods 30% higher than the cost price and allows a discount of 10% on the marked price. In order to earn 6.5% more profit, what discount percent should he allow on the marked price?
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Discount and MP Question 9 Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFGiven:
Mark up percentage on goods = 30%
Discount Percentage = 10%
Formulas used:
Selling Price = Cost Price + Profit
Profit percent = Profit/Cost Price × 100
Discount = Marked Price - Selling Price
Discount percent = Discount/Marked Price × 100
Calculation:
Let the cost price be = 100a
Marked price = 100a + 100a × 30/100 = 130a
Selling price after discount = 130a - 130a × 10/100
⇒ 117a
Selling price for 6.5% more profit = 117a + 100a × 6.5/100
⇒ 117a + 6.5a = 123.5a
∴ New Discount percent = (130a -123.5a)/130 × 100
⇒ 5%
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A shopkeeper allows a discount of 40% on his articles and still makes a profit of 20%. How much cost price does a shopkeeper pay for an article whose marked price is ₹2,400?
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Discount and MP Question 10 Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFGiven:
The marked price of the article = ₹2,400
Discount allowed = 40%
Profit made = 20%
Formula used:
Selling price = Marked price(MP) - Discount allowed
Profit = Selling price(SP) - Cost price(CP)
Calculation:
According to question
Let MP be 100x
Discount= 40%
Selling Price = 100x - 40x = 60x
From this SP = 60x, Still makes profit = 20%
So, CP = 60x ÷ 120 × 100 = 50x
CP | MP | SP |
50x | 100x | 60x |
2400(given) |
CP = 2400 ÷ 100 × 50 = 1200
∴ Cost price is 1200.
A shopkeeper marked a price Rs.16,500 more than a cost price. If the shopkeeper allowed a discount of 8% to the customer it would fetch Rs.3630 more than if he allowed a discount of 10%. Find the cost price.
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Discount and MP Question 11 Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFGiven:
The difference between the two selling price is Rs.3630
Two different discounts are 8% and 10% respectively
Formulae Used:
If the MP of an article is x, and discount is d%; then :
SP = [(100 - d)/100] × MP
Profit = SP - CP
Calculation:
Let the marked price is Rs. x
⇒ 10% of x – 8% of x = 3630
⇒ 2x/100 = 3630
⇒ x = Rs.1,81,500
Marked price is Rs.1,81,500
According to question
Cost price = Marked price – 16,500
= Rs.1,81,500 – Rs.16,500
= Rs.1,65,000
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(10 - 8)% = 2% of marked price = Rs.3,630
⇒ 1% of marked price = 3,630/2 = Rs.1,815
⇒ 100% of marked price = Rs.1,815 × 100 = Rs.1,81,500
∴ CP = Rs.1,81,500 – Rs.16,500
= Rs.1,65,000
Riya could not decide between discount of 30% or two successive discounts of 25% and 5%, both given on shopping of ₹3,840. What is the difference between both the discounts?
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Discount and MP Question 12 Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFGiven:
Riya could not decide between discount of 30% or two successive discounts of 25% and 5%, both given on shopping of ₹3,840.
Concept used:
1. Final discount percentage after two successive discounts of A% and B% = \((A + B - {AB \over 100})\%\)
2. Discount = Marked Price × Discount%
Calculation:
Final discount% for two successive discounts of 25% and 5% = \(25 + 5 - \frac {25 × 5}{100}\) = 28.75%
Difference between discount% = 30 - 28.75 = 1.25%
Now, the difference between the discount = 3840 × 1.25% = ₹48
∴ The difference between both the discounts is ₹48.
Two successive increments of 30% each is by what percentage more than two successive decrements of 30% each? (Correct to two decimal places)
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Discount and MP Question 13 Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFFormula used
Single equivalent increase = x + y + [(x × y)/100]
Single equivalent decrease = x + y - [(x × y)/100]
Calculation
Single equivalent increase of 30% each = 30 + 30 + [(30 × 30)/100]
= 30 + 30 + 9 = 69%
Single equivalent decrease of 30% each = 30 + 30 - [(30 × 30)/100]
= 51%
Required percentage = [(69 - 51)/51] × 100
= 18/51 × 100 = 35.29%
The answer is 35.29%
A dealer allowed a discount of 20 percent on marked price of Rs. 72000 on an article and incurred a loss of 10 percent. What discount should he allow on the marked price, so that he gains Rs. 440 on the article?
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Discount and MP Question 14 Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFGiven:
Discount = 20%
Marked Price = Rs. 72000
Loss = 10%
New Gain = Rs. 440
Concept Used:
MP/CP = (100 - Loss%)/(100 - Discount%)
Selling Price = CP + Profit
Calculation:
MP/CP = (100 - Loss%)/(100 - Discount%)
72000/CP = (100 - 10)/(100 - 20)
72000/CP = 90/80
CP = 72000 × 80/90
CP = Rs. 64000
Now, the dealer wants to gain Rs. 440 on the article. So the new selling price (SP) would be:
SP = CP + Gain = 64000 + 440 = Rs. 64,440
To find the discount,
Discount = (Marked Price - SP)/Marked Price × 100
Discount = (72000 - 64440)/72000 × 100
Discount = 10.5%
Therefore, he should allow a discount of 10.5% on the marked price to gain Rs. 440 on the article.
A shopkeeper makes a net profit of 44% on selling an article at successive discounts of 10% and 20%. Find the net profit percentage, if the shopkeeper sells the same article at a discount of 15%.
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Discount and MP Question 15 Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFGiven:
A shopkeeper makes a net profit of 44% on selling an article at successive discounts of 10% and 20%.
Concept used:
1. Selling Price = Marked Price × (1 - Discount%)
2. Selling Price = Cost Price × (1 + Gain%)
Calculation:
Final discount% = \(10 + 20 - \frac {10 × 20}{100}\) = 28%
Let the marked and cost price be = \(10 + 20 - \frac {10 × 20}{100}\) = 28% respectively.
According to the question,
MP(1 - 28%) = CP(1 + 44%)
⇒ 0.72 × MP = 1.44 × CP
⇒ MP = 2CP
If a 15% discount is allowed then the selling price
⇒ MP(1 - 15%)
⇒ 0.85MP
⇒ 0.85 × 2CP = 1.7CP
Now, profit% = \(\frac {1.7CP - CP}{CP} × 100\%\) = 70%
∴ The net profit is 70%.
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Final discount% = \(10 + 20 - \frac {10 × 20}{100}\) = 28%
So, MP : SP = 100 : 72
Here, shopkeeper makes a net profit of 44%
So, CP : SP = 100 : 144
Now, CP : SP : MP = 100 : 144 : 200
Now, 15% discount given then SP = 200 × 85/100 = 170
So, profit% is 70/100 × 100 = 70%