Question 73

An article is sold for ₹ 547.40 after successive discounts of 30% and 15%. What is the market price of the article?

Solution

Let the marked price of the article =x Rs.

As per the question, there is the 30% and 15% discounts are given at the marked price,

$$\Rightarrow (\dfrac{x \times 70}{100})\times (\dfrac{85}{100})=547.40$$

$$\Rightarrow x=547.40\times \dfrac{10\times 100}{7\times 85}$$

$$\Rightarrow x=920$$Rs.


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