Question

a particular shirt is marked at a price of 1600. If a discount of x% is applied,it costs Rs 48x. How much is the discount.

(a) 25% (b) 5% (c) 20%

Answer 1

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$$\begin{gathered} Costofshirtafterdiscount,48x=1600-1600\times \frac{x}{100}\left[x\%=\frac{x}{100}\right] \\ 48x=1600-16x \\ 64x=1600 \\ x=25 \\ So,discountonshirtis25\% \end{gathered}$$
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