Question

An article is sold at two discounts of 25% each given one after the other. The equivalent discount overall is___.

• A. 43.75
• B. 45%
• C. 40.5%
• D. 47.5%

Answer 1

The correct option is A

43.75

Let Marked Price(MP) = ₹ 100

After first discount of 25% we get : 100 - $\frac{25}{100}\times$ 100 = ₹ 100 - ₹ 25 = ₹ 75

After second discount of 25% we get : 75 - $\frac{25}{100}\times$ 75 = ₹ 75 - ₹ 18.75 = ₹ 56.25

Overall equivalent discount = $\frac{100-56.25}{100}\times 100$ = 43.75%