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If the cost price is 96% of the selling price, then what is the Profit percent ?
Asked in HSSC CET Group C Mains · 2023
Successive Selling · Quantitative Aptitude
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If a seller gains and the next loses, use an increase factor followed by a decrease factor.
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Profit and Loss has appeared in 185 previous-year exam questions, most frequently in UPSC, State PSC and SSC.
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