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Standard X
Mathematics
Discount
A shopkeeper ...
Question
A shopkeeper marks the price of an article at 80. What will be the selling price, if he allows two successive discounts at 5% each?
A
72.2
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B
72
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C
85
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D
7.2
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Solution
The correct option is
D
72.2
Let marked price
=
M
Selling price
=
S
Discount
=
D
S
=
M
×
(
1
−
D
)
Hence,
S
after first discount
=
M
×
(
1
−
0.05
)
=
M
×
0.95
=
80
×
0.95
=
76
The second discount is applied on the discounted price of
76
Hence, final selling price
=
76
×
(
1
−
0.05
)
=
76
×
0.95
=
72.2
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