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If a manufacturer sells a table to a wholesaler at a gain of 4%, the wholesaler then sells it to a retailer at a gain of 20%, and finally the retailer sells it to the customer at a gain of 25%, determine the manufacturing cost price (in ₹) of the table given that its final retail price is ₹68,640.

Asked in OSSSC Forester, Forest Guard & Excise Constable · 2026
Successive Selling · Quantitative Aptitude
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Quantitative AptitudeProfit and LossSuccessive SellingThree or More Successive SellingOSSSC Forester, Forest Guard & Excise Constable2026
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Final SP = Initial CP × all successive profit/loss factors.

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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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