Question : A shopkeeper sells a table at a discount of 20 percent and earns a profit of 30 percent. If he sells the same table at a 10 percent discount, then what will be his new profit or loss percent?
Option 1: 32.5 percent profit
Option 2: 40.5 percent loss
Option 3: 46.25 percent profit
Option 4: 50.5 percent loss
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Correct Answer: 46.25 percent profit
Solution : Let the marked price be Rs. 100. After a 20% discount, the selling price is 80% of 100 = Rs. 80 This is also the cost price with 30% profit, so 80 = 1.3 $\times$ (cost price) ⇒ Cost price = $\frac{80}{1.3}$ Now, the selling price with a 10% discount is 90% of 100 = 90. ⇒ Profit = Selling price – Cost price $= 90 - \frac{80}{1.3}=\frac{117 - 80}{1.3}=\frac{37}{1.3}$ ⇒ Profit % = $\frac{\frac{37}{1.3}}{\frac{80}{1.3}} × 100=\frac{37}{80} × 100= 46.25\%$ Hence, the correct answer is 46.25 percent profit.
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Option 1: 20
Option 2: 30
Option 3: 35
Option 4: 40
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Option 1: 31%
Option 2: 44%
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Option 1: 20 percent loss
Option 2: 10 percent loss
Option 3: 10 percent profit
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Option 2: $12 \frac{1}{2} \%$
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Option 2: Profit, 5%
Option 3: Loss, 3.5%
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