Cost Price and Selling Price Profit

CMAT 2022 · Quantitative Techniques & Data Interpretation · Easy · Profit and Loss

If the cost price is 80% of the selling price, then what is the profit in percentage?

  1. A.

    20%

  2. B.

    25%

  3. C.

    16%

  4. D.

    22.5%

Answer

B

Explanation

Let Selling Price (SP) = 100100. Then Cost Price (CP) =80% of 100=80= 80\% \text{ of } 100 = 80. Profit =SP−CP=100−80=20= SP - CP = 100 - 80 = 20. Profit percentage =2080×100=25%= \frac{20}{80} \times 100 = 25\%.

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