Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
Find the single discount (as a percent) equivalent to successive discounts of:
60% and 80%
Advertisements
Solution
Successive discounts = 60% and 80%
Let M.P. = ₹100
∴ S.P. after two discounts,
`=₹(100(100-60)xx(100-80))/(100xx100)`
`=₹(100xx40xx20)/(100xx100)=₹8`
∴ Total discount = ₹100 − 8 = ₹92
∴ Single discount = 92%
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
The marked price of the fan is 3000 rupees. Shopkeeper gave 12% discount on it. Find the total discount and selling price of the fan.
Mohan bought a certain number of note-books for Rs.600. He sold `1/4` of them at 5 percent loss. At what price should he sell the remaining note-books so as to gain 10% on the whole?
A tradesman sells his goods at 10% discount. What Price should he mark on an article that costs him Rs. 2400, to gain 12.5%?
A shopkeeper marks the price of an article at Rs. 1200. Find the selling price, if he allows:
two successive discounts of 15% and 10%.
A shopkeeper fixes the selling price of his goods at 60% above the cost price. He sells half of this stock at this price, a quarter of his stock at a discount of 25% on the original selling price, and the rest at a discount of 50% on the original selling price. Find the gain percent altogether.
Gurmeet sells an article priced at Rs. 25,000. He gives a discount of 8% on the first Rs. 20,000 and 5% on the remaining amount. Manjeet also sells another article of the same kind priced at Rs. 25,000. He gives a discount of 6% on the total price. Calculate the actual price charged by Gurmeet and Manjeet for the articles.
A dealer is selling an article marked Rs.8000 at a discount of 15%. Find the selling price and the cost price if the marked price is 25% above the cost price.
The discount on an item for sale is calculated on the ______.
Arunima bought household items whose marked price and discount % is as follows:
| Item | Quantity | Rate | Amount | Discount % |
| (a) Atta | 1 packet | 200 | 200 | 16% |
| (b) Detergent | 1 packet | 371 | 371 | 22.10% |
| (c) Namkeen | 1 packet | 153 | 153 | 18.30% |
Find the total amount of the bill she has to pay.
