Question

From a bookshop offering a discount of 20% on purchases for 200 rupees or more, Babu and Thomas bought a book each. Each of the books was priced 190 rupees. They wanted it in a single bill, made out to one of them. How much do they have to pay together?

Answer 1

Discount offered by bookshop = 20%

Price of the book bought by Babu = Rs 190

Price of the book bought by Thomas = Rs 190

If both the books are included in a single bill, then total cost of the books = Rs 190 + Rs 190

= Rs 380

Since the discount was on the purchase of Rs 200 or more, they will get a discount of 20%.

We know: Discount percent × Marked price = Discount amount

⇒ Discount amount = 20% of Rs 380

= Rs

= Rs 76

Discounted value = Rs 380 − Rs 76 = Rs 304

Thus, they together paid Rs 304 for the books.