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Profit Loss Discount Formulas Revision

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1

Profit Percentage

$$\dfrac{\text{Profit}}{C.P.}\times\ 100$$

2

Discount

Marked Price - Selling Price

3

Total increase in price after successive increases of x% and y%

$$x+y+\dfrac{xy}{100}$$

4

Total discount after successive discounts of x% and y%

$$x+y-\dfrac{xy}{100}$$

5

Buying x items and getting y items free, the effective discount is

$$\dfrac{y}{x+y}\times\ 100$$

6

If cost price of x items equals selling price of y items, the resultant profit % is

$$\dfrac{y-x}{y}\times\ 100$$

7

Loss

Cost Price - Selling Price

8

Two items are sold at same price, one at a profit of x% and other at a loss of x% then overall loss % is

$$\dfrac{x^2}{100}$$

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