Question

Neelima went to shop to buy a dress. Marked price of the dress is ` 1000.

Shop owner gave a discount of 20% and then 5%. Find the single discount

equivalent to these two successive discounts.

Answer 1

25% of 1000 is 200
then price of dress = 800
then 5% of dress price= 40
so , total price discount=240
let single discount=x
.•. 1000×x/100=240
therefore, single discount=24% answer

Answer 2

Answer of this question is 760₹
And single discount is 24%