Question

After two successive discounts of 20% and 35%, an article is sold for rs 50700. what is the marked price (in rs) of the article?

Answer 1

 A trader allows two successive discount of 20% and 10% on an article if a customer buys the article for Rs.108 , what was its marked price ? A. Rs. 160. B. Rs . 144

Answer 2

Marked price of article= Rs. 97500

Given:

First discount of the article is 20%,

To find:

Marked price of article  

Solution:

Let the price of article be $x$.

Hence the article is sold for 80% of the price $= \frac{80}{100} \times x$

Given the second discount is 35%,

Hence the article will be sold for 35% of the price $=\frac{65}{100} \times \frac{80}{100} \times x$

Given the market price of the article after discount = Rs. 50700

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