Maninder bought two horses at Rs., 40,000 each. He sold one horse at 15 % gain, but had to sell seco

English

Gujarati

Hindi

7.Profit and Loss

easy

Maninder bought two horses at $Rs.\, 40,000$ each. He sold one horse at $15 \%$ gain, but had to sell the second horse at a loss. If he had suffered a loss of $Rs.3,600$ on the whole transaction, then the selling price of the second horse is (in $Rs.$)

A

$30000$

B

$30200$

C

$30300$

D

$30400$

Solution

$C.P.$ of two horses $=₹(2 \times 40000)=80000$ and $S . P .$ of two horses $=₹(80000-3600)=76400$

$S.P.$ of one horse $=₹\left(4000 \times \frac{115}{100}\right)=46000$

$S.P.$ of the other horse $=₹(76400-46000)=30400$

Standard 13

Quantitative Aptitude

Share

Similar Questions

A wholesaler had $200$ dozens of mangoes. He sold some of these mangoes at $20 \%$ profit and the rest at $10 \%$ profit, so that he made $13 \%$ profit on selling all the mangoes. How many mangoes (in dozens) did he sells at $20 \%$ profit?

medium

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)?

hard

A fair price shopkeeper makes $10 \%$ profit on his goods. He lost $20 \%$ goods during theft. His. loss percent is

medium

A shopkeeper sold an item at $10 \%$ loss after giving a discount equal to half the marked price. The cost price of the item is……… of marked price

medium

The profit earned by a shopkeeper by selling a bucket at a gain of $8 \%$ is $Rs.\, 28$ more than when he sells it at a loss of $8 \% .$ The cost price (in Rupees) of the bucket is

medium