A trader buys two articles for $Rs.\, 4000$ each. While selling if he gains $12.5 \%$ on one and loses $20 \%$ on the other, then what will be the overall loss percent?
$2.5$
$3.75$
$5$
$5.25$
A man sold two watches for $Rs.\,3750$ each. On one he gained $5 \%,$ and on the other, he lost $5 \% .$ What was his total gain or loss percentage$?$
Oil equal to $20 \%$ of the weight of ground nut is extracted in a mill. The matter left after extraction is sold as cattle feed at the rate of $Rs.\, 12.5$ per $kg$. The ground nuts are bought at $Rs.$ $20$ per $kg.$ the processing cost is $Rs.\, 5$ per $kg$. At what price $(Rs.$ per $kg$ ) should the oil be sold to earn $20 \%$ profit on total costs (Total cost $=$ cost of groundnuts and processing costs)?
Abhishek purchased $140$ shirts and $250$ trousers at $Rs.\, 450$ and at $Rs.\, 550$ respectively. What should be the overall average selling price of shirts and trousers so that $40 \%$ profit is earned? (in $Rs.$)
(rounded off to next integer)
A sells an article to $B$ for $Rs.\, 45,000$ losing $10 \%$ in the transaction. $B$ sells it to $C$ at a price which would have given a profit of $10 \%$ to $A$. By what per cent does $B$ gain?
The printed price of an article is $40 \%$ higher than its cost price. Then the rate discount so that he gains $12 \%$ profit is.........$\%$