Question 1: A person buys an unfinished article for Rs.1800 and spends Rs.600 on its finishing, pacing, transportation, etc. He marks the article at such a price that will give him 20% profit. How much will a customer pay for the article including 12% Sales Tax.
Answer:
Price paid for the unfinished article
Desired profit
Therefore Money paid by the customer = Sale Price of the article+Sales Tax on the article
Question 2: A person buys an article for Rs.800 and spends Rs.100 on its transportation, etc. He marks the article at a certain price and then sells it for Rs.1287 including 10% Sales Tax. Find this profit as a percent.
Answer:
Price paid for the article
Let the Sale Prices
Sales Tax on the article
Cost to the customer
Therefore Profit
Question 3: A person announces a discount of 15% on his goods. If the marked price of an article, in his shop, is Rs.6000; How much a customer has to pay for it, if the rate of Sales Tax is 10%
Answer:
Marker Price
of the marked price
Price paid by the customer
Question 4: The catalog price of a colored T.V. is Rs.24000. The shopkeeper gives a discount of 8% on the list price. He gives a further off-season discount of 5% on the balance, But Sales Tax at 10% is charged on the remaining amount. Find:
The sales Tax a customer has to pay.
The final price he has to pay for the T.V. [2001]
Answer:
Catalog price of a colored T.V.
Price paid by the customer
Question 5: A person marks his goods 40% above the cost price and then allows a discount of 20%. Find how much will be a customer pay for an article that costs the person Rs.200 and a Sales Tax of 10% is levied on the sales price of the article.
Answer:
The cost price
Mark Price of goods
Discount given
Question 6: A toy is purchased for Rs.591.36 which includes 12% rebate on the printed price and 12% Sales Tax on the sales price of the toy. Find the printed price of the toy.
Answer:
Let the printed Sale Prices
Price paid by the customer
Question 7: The catalog price on an article is Rs.20,000. The person allows two successive discounts 15% and 10%. If Sales Tax at the rate of 10% is charged on the remaining amount. Find:
The sales Tax amount a customer has to pay.
The final total price that customer has to pay for the article.
Answer:
Catalog price of a article
Price paid by the customer
Question 8: A person buys an article of Rs.1700 at a discount of 15% on its printed price. He raises the printed price of the article by 20% and then sells it for Rs.2688 including sales tax on the new marked price. Find:
The rate of sales tax
The trader’s profit as a percent.
Answer:
Let the printed price
Given
Let the sales tax %
Profit
Question 9: A person buys an article at a rebate of 20% on its marked price and then spends Rs.300 on its transportation, etc. If he sells the article for Rs.4160 (including sales tax at the rate of 4% of the marked price), find the person’s profit as a percent.
Answer:
Let the printed price
Total Price paid by the customer
Therefore
Total cost paid by the shopkeeper
Question 10: A person buys an article for Rs.2400 from a wholesaler at 20% rebate on its list price. He marks up the list price of the article bought by 10% and then sells it for Rs.3498 including sales Tax on the marked-up price. Find:
The rate of sales tax
The person’s profit as a percent.
Answer:
Let the printed price
Given
Let the sales tax %
Profit