A ready-made garment shopkeeper gives $5$ $%$ discount on the dress of Rs. $1000$ and charges $5$ $%$ GST on the remaining amount, then what is the purchase price of the dress for the customer?

Open in App

Solution

$P r i c e a f t e r 5 % d i s c o u n t = 1000 - 1000 \times (\frac{5}{100}) = 950 R s P r i c e a f t e r 5 % G S T$

$= 950 + 950 \times (\frac{5}{100}) = 997.5 R s$

Suggest Corrections

Similar questions

Q. A ready-made garment shop in Delhi allows

20 %

discount on its garments and still makes a profit of

20 %

. Find the marked price of a dress which is bought by the shopkeeper for

R s . 400.

Satwika purchases a dress for Rs.2298.24 which includes two successive discounts of $20 %$ and $5 %$ respectively on the marked price and then $8 %$ sales tax on the remaining price. Find the marked price of the dress.

Q. The catalogue price of a computer set is Rs.

42, 000

. The shopkeeper given a discount of

10 %

on the listed price. He further gives an off-season discount of

5 %

on the discounted price. However, sales tax at

8 %

is charged on the remaining price after the two successive discounts. Find:
(i) the amount of sales tax a customer has to pay
(ii) the total price to be paid by the customer for the computer set.

Q. A certain customer paid $24 for a dress. If that price represented a 25 percent discount on the original price of the dress, what was the original price of the dress?

Q. The catalogue price of a colour T.V. is Rs. 24,000. The shopkeeper gives a discount of 8% on the list price. He gives a further off season discount of 5% on the balance. But Sales Tax at 10% is charged on the remaining amount. Find:
(a) the Sales Tax a customer has to pay
(b) the final price he has to pay for the T.V.

Join BYJU'S Learning Program

A ready-made garment shopkeeper gives 5 % discount on the dress of Rs. 1000 and charges 5 % GST on the remaining amount, then what is the purchase price of the dress for the customer?

Priceafter5%discount=1000−1000×(5100)=950RsPriceafter5%GST =950+950×(5100)=997.5Rs

A ready-made garment shopkeeper gives $5$ $%$ discount on the dress of Rs. $1000$ and charges $5$ $%$ GST on the remaining amount, then what is the purchase price of the dress for the customer?

$P r i c e a f t e r 5 % d i s c o u n t = 1000 - 1000 \times (\frac{5}{100}) = 950 R s P r i c e a f t e r 5 % G S T$

$= 950 + 950 \times (\frac{5}{100}) = 997.5 R s$