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A cycle was bought for ₹1200 and sold for ₹1600. Calculate the profit percentage.

A circular iron plate of radius 20 cm is heated, and its radius increases by $1.6\%$. What is the approximate percentage increase in its area?

A shopkeeper sells 12 kg of sugar for ₹576 and earns a profit equal to the selling price of 4 kg of sugar. What is the profit percentage?

A number is first increased by 15% and then decreased by 15%. What is the overall percentage change in the number?

A number is first increased by 25% and then decreased by 25%. What is the net percentage change?

A spherical balloon is inflated and its radius increases from 8 cm to 9 cm . What is the percentage increase in the surface area?

If the selling price of 20 items is equal to the cost price of 25 items, what is the percentage profit or loss?

A dishonest shopkeeper promises to sell his goods at cost price. However, he uses a weight that actually weighs $26\%$ less than what is written on it. Find his profit percentage.

The price of a shirt is first increased by 15% and then decreased by $12\%$, and again increased by $8\%$. Find the net increase or decrease percentage (correct to one decimal place) in the price of the shirt.

If the income of Ravi is 24% more than that of Ram, then by what percentage is the income of Ram less than that of Ravi?

Pramod sold 154 chairs and had a gain equal to the selling price of 54 chairs. What is his profit percentage?

Rakesh sold 154 chairs and had a gain equal to the selling price of 66 chairs. What is his profit percentage ?

The price of fuel decreases by 25%, 10% and 30% in three successive months, but increases by 60% in the fourth month. What is the percentage increase/decrease in the price of fuel in the fourth month as compared to its original price?

15 mangoes are bought for ₹250, and 9 mangoes are bought for ₹200. If all the mangoes are sold at ₹240 per dozen, then what is the profit percentage in the entire transaction (round up to two decimal places) ?

A shopkeeper marks his jackets at 18.8% above the cost price and allows the purchaser a discount of $12.5\%$ for online payment. What profit percentage does the shopkeeper make (correct to two places of decimals) ?

Two televisions are sold for ₹7,980 each, gaining 5% from one and losing 5% from the other. Find the gain or loss percentage in the whole transaction.

The area of a triangle is constant. Find the percentage increase in its perpendicular height if the base of the triangle is decreased by 20%.

A family's expenditures on food, medicine, and entertainment are in the ratio 4 : 6 : 7. In the coming year, the cost of food is expected to increase by 25%, the cost of medicine to increase by 33.33%, and the cost of entertainment to decrease by 10%. What is the percentage change (increase or decrease) in total household expenditure?

A mixture contains 60% water. If 20 litres of milk is added to the 80-litre mixture, what is the new percentage of water?