A television set was sold for $5, 760$ after giving successive discounts of $10$ % and $20$ % respectively. What was the Marked Price?

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Let the market price be $x$ .
After $10 %$ discount,
$(S P)_{1} = 90 % \times x = 0.9 x$ .
After $20 %$ discount,
$(S P)_{2} = 80 % \times 0.9 x ⟹ 5760 = 0.72 x ⟹ x = 8000$
Hence, market price is $R s .80000$

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A television set was sold for 5,760 after giving successive discounts of 10% and 20% respectively. What was the Marked Price?

Let the market price be x.After 10% discount,(SP)1=90%×x=0.9x.After 20% discount,(SP)2=80%×0.9x⟹5760=0.72x⟹x=8000Hence, market price is Rs.80000

A television set was sold for $5, 760$ after giving successive discounts of $10$ % and $20$ % respectively. What was the Marked Price?

Let the market price be $x$ .
After $10 %$ discount,
$(S P)_{1} = 90 % \times x = 0.9 x$ .
After $20 %$ discount,
$(S P)_{2} = 80 % \times 0.9 x ⟹ 5760 = 0.72 x ⟹ x = 8000$
Hence, market price is $R s .80000$