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Find the Amount Paid by a Customer When He Buys a Watch Priced at Rs.5400 Available at a Discount of 12%.

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Find the amount paid by a customer when he buys a watch priced at Rs.5400 available at a discount of 12%.

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Solution

Given, M.P. of the watch = Rs.5400
Discount = 12%
`"S.P."/"M.P." = 1 - "discount"/(100)`

⇒ `"S.P."/(5400) = 1 - (12)/(100)`

⇒ S.P. = `(88)/(100)` x Rs.5400
= Rs.4752
∴ Amount paid by the customer for the watch = Rs.4752.

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Chapter 2: Profit , Loss and Discount - Exercise 2.4

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Chapter 2 Profit , Loss and Discount
Exercise 2.4 | Q 4

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