Profit And Loss
Math MCQs

Question :    James loses 67% by selling an article for $1059.30. For how much should he sell it to get a profit of 66%?

Correct Answer  5328.6

Solution & Explanation

Strategy to solve the question

Step (1) Calculate the cost price at given loss percent and the sale price.

Step (2) After gettting the cost price find the sale price at given profit percent.

Solution

Method (1) Formula Method

Finding the Sale Price to earn a profit using formula when the Sale Price at a loss is given

Given, the sale price (SP) = $1059.3

And, the loss = 67%

Then, the Sale Price (SP) to earn a profit of 66% = ?

Formula to find the cost price when the sale price and loss percent are known

Cost Price (CP) = ¹⁰⁰/_{100 – gain%} × SP

Thus, the Cost Price (CP)

= ¹⁰⁰/_{100 – 67} × 1059.3

= ¹⁰⁰/₃₃ × 1059.3

= ^{100 × 1059.3}/₃₃

= ¹⁰⁵⁹³⁰/₃₃ = 3210

Thus, the Cost Price (CP) = $3210

Finding the Sale Price using the formula when the cost price and Profit percent are known

Here now, CP = $3210

And, profit = 66%

Thus Sale Price (SP) = ?

Formula to find the Sale Price (SP) when the cost price (CP) and profit percent are known

Sale Price (SP) = ^{100 + gain%}/₁₀₀ × Cost Price (CP)

Thus, the Sale Price (SP)

= ^{100 + 66}/₁₀₀ × 3210

= ¹⁶⁶/₁₀₀ × 3210

= ^{166 × 3210}/₁₀₀

= ⁵³²⁸⁶⁰/₁₀₀ = 5328.6

Thus, Sale Price (SP) at a profit of 66% = $5328.6 Answer

Method (2) Algebraic Method

Finding the Sale Price (SP) to earn the given profit using the Algebraic Method when the Sale Pric (SP) at a loss percent is given

Given, the sale price (SP) = $1059.3

And, the loss = 67%

Then, the Sale Price (SP) to earn a profit of 66% = ?

Let the Cost Price (CP) = m

Here given loss = 67%

Calculation of loss

loss is calculated on cost price (CP)

Formula to find the loss = loss% of CP

Thus, loss on the cost price of m

= 67% of m

= 67% × m

= ⁶⁷/₁₀₀ × m

⇒ loss = ^{67 m}/₁₀₀

Calculation of Cost Price (CP)

The Sale Price (SP) = Cost Price (CP) – loss

⇒ 1059.3 = m – ^{67 m}/₁₀₀

⇒ 1059.3 = ^{100 m – 67 m}/₁₀₀

⇒ 1059.3 = ^{33 m}/₁₀₀

After cross multiplication, we get

1059.3 × 100 = 33 m

⇒ 33 m = 1059.3 × 100

⇒ m = ^{1059.3 × 100}/₃₃

⇒ m = ¹⁰⁵⁹³⁰/₃₃ = 3210

⇒ m = 3210

Thus, the Cost Price (CP) = $3210

Finding the Sale Price (SP) when the Cost Price (CP) and profit percent are known

Now, here, Cost Price = 3210

And, the profit = 66%

Thus, Sale Price (SP)

= Cost Price (CP) + 66% of Cost Price (CP)

= 3210 + ⁶⁶/₁₀₀ × 3210

= 3210 + ^{66 × 3210}/₁₀₀

= 3210 + ²¹¹⁸⁶⁰/₁₀₀

= 3210 + 2118.6 = 5328.6

Thus, Sale Price (SP) at a profit of 66% = $5328.6 Answer

Method (3) Unitary Method

Finding the Sale Price (SP) to earn a given profit when the Sale price (SP) at a loss is given

Given, the sale price (SP) = $1059.3

And, the loss = 67%

Then, the Sale Price (SP) to earn a profit of 66% = ?

Let, CP = 100

66% profit = 66% of CP

= 66% of 100 = 66

Thus, Sale Price to earn a profit of 66% = CP + 66

= 100 + 66 = 166

⇒ Sale Price to earn a profit of 66% = 166

67% loss = 67% of CP

= 67% of 100 = 67

Thus, Sale Price at a loss of 67% = CP – Loss

= 100 – 67 = 33

⇒ Sale Price at a loss of 67% = 33

∵ If the Sale Price is 33, then to earn a profit of 66% the Sale Price should be = 166

∴ If the Sale Price is 1, then to earn a profit of 66% the Sale Price should be

= ¹⁶⁶/₃₃

∴ If the Sale Price is 1059.3, then to earn a profit of 66% the Sale Price should be

= ¹⁶⁶/₃₃ × 1059.3

= ^{166 × 1059.3}/₃₃

= ^175843.8/₃₃ = 5328.6

Thus, Sale Price to get a profit of 66% = $5328.6 Answer

Method (4) Shortcut Method

Shortcut Method to find the Sale Price at a given profit when Sale Price at a loss is given

Given, the sale price (SP) = $1059.3

And, the loss = 67%

Then, the Sale Price (SP) to earn a profit of 66% = ?

Here, the Sale Price at a loss of 67 = $1059.3

This means 33% of the Cost Price (CP) = 1059.3

Therefore, 1% of the Cost Price (CP) = ^1059.3/₃₃

Therefore, 100% of the Cost Price (CP)

= ^1059.3/₃₃ × 100 = 3210

Thus, the Cost Price (CP) = $3210

Now, we need to find the Sale Price at a profit of 66%

Thus, Sale Price at a profit of 66%

= 166% of the Cost Price (CP)

= 166% of 3210

= ¹⁶⁶/₁₀₀ × 3210 = 5328.6

Thus, the Cost Price at a profit of 66% = $5328.6 Answer

Similar Questions

(1) After selling some items for $6884.50 Mr. Bob earns 145%. Find the cost price of those items.

(2) A seller gets a profit of 7% by selling a TV set for $4280. If he would have sold it for $4200, then find his profit percent.

(3) Mrs. Julie buys 16 oranges for $1 and sells 15 oranges for $1. What is her profit percent in this sale?

(4) A shopkeeper earns a profit of 175% by selling some antique articles for $9377.50. What was the cost price of those antique articles?

(5) A dealer loses 60% by selling an article for $1144.00. For how much should he sell it to get a profit of 59%?

(6) If a trader gets a loss of 20% by selling some apples for $3048, then find the cost price of those apples.

(7) How much percent will John get if he buys 39 articles for $1 and sells at a rate of 38 articles per $1?

(8) How much percent will Peter earn if he buys 37 articles for $1 and sells 36 articles for $1?

(9) A dealer loses 57% by selling an article for $1165.30. For how much should he sell it to get a profit of 56%?

(10) A shopkeeper gets a loss of 10% by selling an article for $324. For how much should he sell it to get a profit of 9%?