Question

A sells an article priced at Rs. 36,000. He gives a discount of 8% on the first Rs. 20,000 and 5% on the remaining Rs. 16,000. B also sells another article of the same kind priced at Rs. 36,000. He gives a discount of 7% on the total price. Calculate the actual price charged by A and B for the articles.

• A. Rs. 31,100 and Rs. 36,000
• B. Rs. 33,600 and Rs. 33,480
• C. Rs. 37,300 and Rs. 37,000
• D. Rs. 39,000 and Rs. 38,900

Answer 1

The correct option is B Rs. 33,600 and Rs. 33,480

For A,
Since, he gives $8$ % of discount on $Rs20,000$ and $5$ % of discount on $Rs16,000$
Selling price charged by A , $S.P.=92$ % of $Rs20,000$ and $95$ % of discount on $Rs16,000=\frac{92}{100}\times 20,000+\frac{95}{100}\times 16,000=Rs18,400+Rs15,200=Rs33,600$
For B,
Since, he gives $7$ % of discount on $Rs36,000$
Selling price charged by B , $S.P.=93$ % of $Rs36,000=\frac{93}{100}\times 36,000=Rs33,480$