Ananya invest in two schemes, in one scheme she get 15% profit and in other scheme he get 30% profit, what is his total profit if he invest in the ratio of 2:3 respectively.

Ananya invest in two schemes, in one scheme she get 15% profit and in other scheme he get 30% profit, what is his total profit if he invest in the ratio of 2:3 respectively. 
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Total profit = (2/5*15)+(3/5*30)

=30/5+90/5

=6+18

=>24%
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Preethi owns lenova mobile in a showroom. she labelled the price of mobile to earn a profit of 20% on the cost price. she sold the mobile by offering a discount of 10% on the labelled price. What is the actual percent profit earned?

Description : Preethi owns lenova mobile in a showroom. she labelled the price of mobile to earn a profit of 20% on the cost price. she sold the mobile by offering a discount of 10% on the labelled price. What is the actual percent profit earned?

Last Answer : Let the CP of mobile= Rs 100 Then the labeled price= Rs.120 SP= Rs. 120-10%of 120 = RS120-12= Rs 108 Gain= Rs 108- Rs 100 = Rs 8 Gain%= 8/100*100=8%

Anamika purchased 60 tablets at a price of Rs.60 per tablet. she sold 15 tablets at profit of Rs.6per tablet and 38 tablets at a profit of Rs. 7per tablet. The remaining tablets were sold at a loss of Rs. 4 per tablet. What is the average profit percentage per tablets?

Description : Anamika purchased 60 tablets at a price of Rs.60 per tablet. she sold 15 tablets at profit of Rs.6per tablet and 38 tablets at a profit of Rs. 7per tablet. The remaining tablets were sold at a loss of Rs. 4 per tablet. What is the average profit percentage per tablets?

Last Answer : Total CP= 60*60=3600 Total Sp= [(15*60+15*6)+(38*60+38*7)+(7*60-7*4)] = 990+2546+392=3928 Average profit = 3928-3600/60 =328/60 =>5.46%

Swetha purchased 160kg of ragi at Rs.27 per kg and mixed it with 240kg ragi at Rs.32 per kg. At what rate should she sell the mixture to gain 32% profit?

Description : Swetha purchased 160kg of ragi at Rs.27 per kg and mixed it with 240kg ragi at Rs.32 per kg. At what rate should she sell the mixture to gain 32% profit? 

Last Answer : Cost price of 400kg of mixture = Rs(160 * 27 = 240 *32)  = Rs12000  Selling price = 132% of Rs 12000  = 132/100 * 12000 = 15,840  Rate of selling price of the mixture = Rs 15840/400  = Rs.39.60 per kg

Bhuvana bought 50 dozen of bangles at Rs5 per dozen. She spend Rs.125 on a particular tax and she sold them at 50p per each bangle. What was her profit or loss percent?

Description : Bhuvana bought 50 dozen of bangles at Rs5 per dozen. She spend Rs.125 on a particular tax and she sold them at 50p per each bangle. What was her profit or loss percent?

Last Answer : Cost price of 1 dozen bangles = Rs.5 Cost price of 50 dozen bangles = 50*5=Rs. 250  Amount of tax paid = Rs.125  Total cost price=250+125 = 375  Selling price of total number of bangles=50 * 12 * ½ = 300  Loss = 375 – 300 = 75 loss percentage = (75*100)/375 = 20%

Sridevi sells an article at a profit of 50%. If she had bought it at 40% less and sold it for Rs.21.50 less, She would have gained 60%. Find the cost price of the article.

Description : Sridevi sells an article at a profit of 50%. If she had bought it at 40% less and sold it for Rs.21.50 less, She would have gained 60%. Find the cost price of the article.

Last Answer : 1st selling price=150% of x = 150x/100 = 15x/10 New Cost price=60% of x = 60x/100 = 6x/10  2nd selling price = 160% of 6x/10 = 160/100 * 6x/10 = 96x/100  Therefore 15x/10 – 96x/100 = Rs.21.50  X=Rs.39.81  Therefore cost price of the article = Rs.40 (approx.)

Varsha purchased a speaker of Rs 10,800 and a phone Rs 19,200. she sold speaker at four-fifth of its cost price and the phone at 5/4 of its cost price. What was the profit?

Description : Varsha purchased a speaker of Rs 10,800 and a phone Rs 19,200. she sold speaker at four-fifth of its cost price and the phone at 5/4 of its cost price. What was the profit?

Last Answer : CP of speaker = Rs 10800 SP = 10800× 4/5 = Rs 8640 CP of the phone = Rs 19200 SP = 19200× 5/4= Rs 24000 Total CP = 10800+19200= Rs 30000 Total SP = 8640+24000= Rs 32640 Profit = 32640– 30000 = Rs 2640