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Question
After successive discounts of 12% and 5% an article was sold for ₹ 209. What was the original price of the article?
Options
₹ 226
₹ 250
₹ 252
₹ 269
MCQ
Solution
₹ 250
Explanation:
Let the original price be ₹ x.
Then, 95% of 88% of x = 209
⇒ x = `((209 xx 100 xx 100)/(95 xx 88))` = 250.
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