Find Profit & Cost 7
Solution / āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ
Cost Price (CP) / āĻā§ā§°āϝāĻŧ āĻŽā§āϞā§āϝ (CP) = âš500
Selling Price (SP) / āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§ā§°ā§ āĻŽā§āϞā§āϝ (SP) = âš600
1st: Find Profit / āϞāĻžāĻ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŖāϝāĻŧ āĻā§°āĻ
Profit = SP − CP (āϞāĻžāĻ = āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§ā§°ā§ āĻŽā§āϞā§āϝ − āĻā§ā§°āϝāĻŧ āĻŽā§āϞā§āϝ)
= âš100
2nd: Find Profit Percentage / āϞāĻžāĻā§° āĻļāϤāĻžāĻāĻļ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŖāϝāĻŧ āĻā§°āĻ
Profit % = (Profit ÷ CP) × 100 [āϞāĻžāĻ % = (āϞāĻžāĻ ÷ āĻā§ā§°āϝāĻŧ āĻŽā§āϞā§āϝ) × 100]
= 20%
- Profit / āϞāĻžāĻ = âš100
- Profit Percentage / āϞāĻžāĻā§° āĻļāϤāĻžāĻāĻļ = 20%
Shortcut / āĻāĻŽā§ āĻā§āĻļāϞ
- Profit = SP − CP (āϞāĻžāĻ = āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§ā§°ā§ āĻŽā§āϞā§āϝ − āĻā§ā§°āϝāĻŧ āĻŽā§āϞā§āϝ)
- Profit % = (Profit ÷ CP) × 100 (āϞāĻžāĻ % = (āϞāĻžāĻ ÷ āĻā§ā§°āϝāĻŧ āĻŽā§āϞā§āϝ) × 100)
Here, âš100 is 1/5 of âš500, so the profit percentage is 20%.
āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϤ âš100, âš500-ā§° 1/5 āĻ āĻāĻļāĨ¤ āϏā§āϝāĻŧā§ āϞāĻžāĻā§° āĻļāϤāĻžāĻāĻļ = 20%āĨ¤
Q: A bicycle was bought for âš4,000 and sold for âš3,600. Find the loss and the loss percentage. āĻāĻāύ āĻāĻžāĻāĻā§āϞ âš4,000 āĻāĻāĻžāϤ āĻā§ā§°āϝāĻŧ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞ āĻā§°ā§ âš3,600 āĻāĻāĻžāϤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§ā§°ā§ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āϞā§āĻāĻāĻžāύ āĻā§°ā§ āϞā§āĻāĻāĻžāύ⧰ āĻļāϤāĻžāĻāĻļ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŖāϝāĻŧ āĻā§°āĻāĨ¤
Solution / āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ
Cost Price (CP) / āĻā§ā§°āϝāĻŧ āĻŽā§āϞā§āϝ (CP) = âš4,000
Selling Price (SP) / āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§ā§°ā§ āĻŽā§āϞā§āϝ (SP) = âš3,600
1st: Find Loss / āϞā§āĻāĻāĻžāύ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŖāϝāĻŧ āĻā§°āĻ
Loss = CP − SP (āϞā§āĻāĻāĻžāύ = āĻā§ā§°āϝāĻŧ āĻŽā§āϞā§āϝ − āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§ā§°ā§ āĻŽā§āϞā§āϝ)
= âš4,000 − âš3,600
= âš400
2nd: Find Loss Percentage / āϞā§āĻāĻāĻžāύ⧰ āĻļāϤāĻžāĻāĻļ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŖāϝāĻŧ āĻā§°āĻ
Loss % = (Loss ÷ CP) × 100 [āϞā§āĻāĻāĻžāύ % = (āϞā§āĻāĻāĻžāύ ÷ āĻā§ā§°āϝāĻŧ āĻŽā§āϞā§āϝ) × 100]
= 400 / 4000 × 100 = 10%
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ : Loss / āϞā§āĻāĻāĻžāύ = âš400, Loss Percentage / āϞā§āĻāĻāĻžāύ⧰ āĻļāϤāĻžāĻāĻļ = 10%
Method 1: Fraction Trick / āĻāĻā§āύāĻžāĻāĻļ āĻā§āĻļāϞ
Loss = âš400, CP = âš4,000
âš400 is 1/10 of âš4,000. (âš400 āĻšā§āĻā§ âš4,000-ā§° 1/10 āĻ āĻāĻļāĨ¤)
1/10 = 10%
Ans = āϏā§āϝāĻŧā§ āϞā§āĻāĻāĻžāύ⧰ āĻļāϤāĻžāĻāĻļ = 10%āĨ¤
Method 2: Cancel Zeros / āĻļā§āύā§āϝ āĻāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž
400 / 4000 × 100
Cancel two zeros: 4/40 × 100 = 1/10 × 100 = 10%
Tip / āĻāĻŋāĻĒāĻ : Whenever the loss or profit is a simple fraction of the Cost Price, convert the fraction directly into a percentage. āϝā§āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āϞāĻžāĻ āĻŦāĻž āϞā§āĻāĻāĻžāύ āĻā§ā§°āϝāĻŧ āĻŽā§āϞā§āϝ⧰ āϏāĻšāĻ āĻāĻā§āύāĻžāĻāĻļ āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϤā§āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āϏā§āϤā§ā§° āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āύāĻā§°āĻŋ āĻāĻā§āύāĻžāĻāĻļāĻā§āĻ āĻĒā§āύ⧠āĻĒā§āύ⧠āĻļāϤāĻžāĻāĻļāϞ⧠⧰ā§āĻĒāĻžāύā§āϤ⧰ āĻā§°āĻāĨ¤
Q. A watch costs âš800. It is sold at a 25% profit. Find the selling price. āĻāĻāĻž āĻāĻĄāĻŧā§ā§° āĻā§ā§°āϝāĻŧ āĻŽā§āϞā§āϝ âš800āĨ¤ āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ 25% āϞāĻžāĻāϤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§ā§°ā§ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšā§āĻā§āĨ¤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§ā§°ā§ āĻŽā§āϞā§āϝ (SP) āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŖāϝāĻŧ āĻā§°āĻāĨ¤
Solution / āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ
Cost Price (CP) / āĻā§ā§°āϝāĻŧ āĻŽā§āϞā§āϝ (CP) = âš800
Profit / āϞāĻžāĻ = 25%
1st: Find Profit / āϞāĻžāĻ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŖāϝāĻŧ āĻā§°āĻ
Profit = 25% of âš800 (āϞāĻžāĻ = âš800-ā§° 25%)
= 25/100 × 800 = âš200
2nd: Find Selling Price / āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§ā§°ā§ āĻŽā§āϞā§āϝ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŖāϝāĻŧ āĻā§°āĻ
Selling Price = Cost Price + Profit (āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§ā§°ā§ āĻŽā§āϞā§āϝ = āĻā§ā§°āϝāĻŧ āĻŽā§āϞā§āϝ + āϞāĻžāĻ)
= âš800 + âš200
= âš1,000
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ : Selling Price (SP) / āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§ā§°ā§ āĻŽā§āϞā§āϝ = âš1,000
Method 1: Percentage Addition / āĻļāϤāĻžāĻāĻļ āϝā§āĻ āĻā§āĻļāϞ
If the profit is 25%, then the selling price is 125% of CP. (āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āϞāĻžāĻ 25% āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϤā§āύā§āϤ⧠āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§ā§°ā§ āĻŽā§āϞā§āϝ = āĻā§ā§°āϝāĻŧ āĻŽā§āϞā§āϝ⧰ 125%āĨ¤)
SP = 125 / 100 × 800 = âš1,000
Method 2: Fraction Trick / āĻāĻā§āύāĻžāĻāĻļ āĻā§āĻļāϞ
25% = 1/4
So, find 1/4 of âš800 = âš200.
Add it to the Cost Price: âš800 + âš200 = âš1,000
Tip / āĻāĻŋāĻĒāĻ :
Profit → Add to CP (āϞāĻžāĻ āĻš'āϞ⧠→ CP-āϤ āϝā§āĻ āĻā§°āĻāĨ¤)
Loss → Subtract from CP (āϞā§āĻāĻāĻžāύ āĻš'āϞ⧠→ CP-ā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻŦāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻ āĻā§°āĻāĨ¤)
@@. Simple Interest (āϏ⧰āϞ āϏā§āϤ)
Q. Find the Simple Interest on âš3,000 at 5% per annum for 2 years. (āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: âš3,000 āĻāĻāĻžā§° āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āĻŦāĻā§°āĻŋ 5% āĻšāĻžā§°āϤ 2 āĻŦāĻā§°ā§° āϏ⧰āϞ āϏā§āϤ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŖāϝāĻŧ āĻā§°āĻāĨ¤)
Options / āĻŦāĻŋāĻāϞā§āĻĒ: (a) âš250 (b) âš300 (c) âš350 (d) âš400
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (b) âš300
Solution / āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ
ormula (āϏā§āϤā§ā§°:): SI = P × R × T / 100
= 3000 × 5 × 2 / 100 = âš300
Simple Interest (āϏ⧰āϞ āϏā§āϤ) = âš300
Shortcut Trick / āĻāĻŽā§ āĻā§āĻļāϞ
@@. GST (āĻāĻŋāĻāĻāĻāĻŋ)