Question

Find a Single Discount that Equals Two Discounts
Two successive discounts of 8% and 12% are equal to a single discount?

Answer 1

Let Marked Price, MP = Rs 100
First discount = 8% of Rs 100
                      = (8/100)×100 = Rs 8
Price after first discount = 100 -8 = Rs 92

Now, second discount = 12% of 92
                                   = (12/100)×92
                                   = 11.04

Price after second discount = 92 - 11.04 = Rs 80.96

Net discount = Rs (100 - 80.96) =Rs 19.04

Single discount = (19.04/100)×100 = 19.04%