Question

what will be the selling price of an article when marked price is Rs.x and discount amount is y?

Answer 1

Answer:

x-xy Or x(1-y)

Step-by-step explanation:

discount=(mp-sp/mp) 100 --->gives discount in percentage but in amount

discount=(mp-sp/mp)

y=x-sp/x

xy=x-sp

sp=x-xy=x(1-y)

sp=x-xy

or

sp=x(1-y)