{"id":789,"date":"2025-10-15T11:13:38","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T11:13:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kapdec.com\/help\/?post_type=docs&p=789"},"modified":"2026-04-10T10:34:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T10:34:02","slug":"789","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kapdec.com\/help\/789\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Profit or Loss in terms of Percentage?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Profit or Loss in Percentages?<\/b><\/p>\n

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We can define profit or loss in two ways-<\/p>\n

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  1. In terms of absolute amount-\u00a0<\/b>This is the method we studied just now where profit or loss is defined in monetary value.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    1. In terms of percentage-\u00a0<\/b>This is the method we will study now where profit or loss is defined as a percentage of the invested value or the cost.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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      To find the profit or loss percent, we divide the profit or loss by its original price i.e. the cost price. This indicates the per cent profit a seller earns on his investment.<\/p>\n

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      Examples-<\/b><\/p>\n

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      1. A television purchased for Rs. 7500 was later sold for Rs. 5400.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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        1. Calculate the loss on sale.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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          1. Express the loss in percentage terms.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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            Solution<\/b><\/p>\n

            Loss = Cost Price \u2013 Selling Price<\/p>\n

            = Rs. 7500 \u2013 5400<\/p>\n

            = Rs. 2100<\/p>\n

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            1. A computer purchased for Rs. 11000\u00a0is\u00a0sold at a profit of 15%. Calculate the selling price.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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              Solution<\/b>
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              Thus, the selling price of the computer is Rs. 12650.<\/p>\n

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              1. A chair is sold for Rs. 2500 at a profit of 25%. Calculate its cost price.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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                Solution<\/b><\/p>\n

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                Profit or Loss in Percentages?   We can define profit or loss in two ways- In terms of absolute amount-\u00a0This is the method we studied just now where profit or loss is defined in monetary value.   In terms of percentage-\u00a0This is the method we will study now where profit or loss is defined as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[590],"tags":[595],"class_list":["post-789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grade-5","tag-grade-5-mathematics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kapdec.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kapdec.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kapdec.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kapdec.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kapdec.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=789"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kapdec.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/789\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1548,"href":"https:\/\/kapdec.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/789\/revisions\/1548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kapdec.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kapdec.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kapdec.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}