Question 111

The list price of an article is 160 and a customer buys it for 122.40 after two successive discounts. If the first discount is 10%, then second discount is

Solution

After offering the discount of 10% on list price Rs. 160, price of the article will be

= $$160 - \frac{10}{100} * 160$$

= 144

Let the second discount be $$x$$%

=> $$144 - \frac{x}{100} * 144 = 122.40$$

=> $$1.44x = 21.60$$

=> $$x = 15$$%

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