Profit Percentage on Marked Price

CMAT 2026 · Quantitative Techniques & Data Interpretation · Easy · Profit and Loss

Even after reducing the marked price of an item by Rs. 32, a shopkeeper makes a profit of 15%. If the cost price is Rs. 320, what percentage of profit would he have made, if he had sold the item at the marked price?

  1. A.

    25%

  2. B.

    30%

  3. C.

    27%

  4. D.

    28%

Answer

A

Explanation

Selling Price = 1.15×320=3681.15 \times 320 = 368. Marked Price = 368+32=400368 + 32 = 400. Profit at MP = 400−320=80400 - 320 = 80. Profit percentage = 80320×100=25%\frac{80}{320} \times 100 = 25\%.

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