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A shopkeeper sets a price 20% above cost and gives a 10% discount.
What is the net gain percentage?
Asked in Delhi Police Constable (Executive) · 2025
Simple Profit and Loss · Quantitative Aptitude
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If some goods are sold at profit, some at loss, and the remaining at CP, calculate the result for each portion before finding the overall percentage.
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Simple Profit and Loss has appeared in 44 previous-year exam questions, most frequently in UPSC, State PSC and SSC.
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