Question

the cost of a saree was rupees 4500 A shopkeeper allows a discount of 12 one by two percent on sarees what is the cost of saree after discount

Answer 1

$cp = 4500 \\ d\% = 12\frac{1}{2} \\ d = 4500 \times \frac{25}{2 \times 100} \\ \: \: \: = \frac{45 \times 25}{2} = \frac{1125}{2} = 562.5 \\ sp \: = cp - d \\ = 4500 - 562.5 \\ = 3937.5$