Question

The marked price of a desert cooler is Rs 8000. It is sold at a discount of 24%. Find its selling
price.​

Answer 1

Answer :-

• The selling price of the desert cooler = Rs 6080.

Given :

• The marked price of a desert cooler is Rs 8000.
• It is sold at a discount of 24%.

To find :-

• It's selling price.

Step-by-step explanation :-

• In this question, it has been given that the marked price of a desert cooler is Rs 8000 and it is sold at a discount of 24%. We have to find it's selling price. For this, we first have to find the discount on it by finding out 24% of Rs 8000. Then we can subtract it from the marked price to get our answer.

Calculations :-

Let's find out the discount first.

$\sf\implies 24\% \: of \: 8000$

Converting 24% into fraction,

$\sf \implies \dfrac{24}{1 \!\!\!\not0 \!\!\!\not0} \times 80\!\!\! \not0 \!\!\!\not0$

Cutting off the zeroes,

$\sf \implies \dfrac{24}{1} \times 80$

Now let's multiply the remaining numbers,

$\sf\implies 24 \times 80$

On multiplying,

$\sf \implies 1920.$

• Hence, there was a discount of Rs 1920.

• Discount obviously means loss, because whenever there's a discount on any product, it becomes cheaper, that is, it's selling price becomes less.

Now, we know that :-

$\underline{ \boxed{\mathfrak{Selling \: Price = Cost \: Price - Loss.}}}$

Here,

• Marked price = Rs 8000.
• Discount = Rs 1920.

Substituting these values in the given formula,

$\sf Selling \: price = Rs \: 8000 - Rs \: 1920$

$\boxed{\sf Selling \: price = Rs \: 6080.}$