SSC CPO SI and ASI 2012 Paper

Question : 108 of 200

Marks: +1, -0

A sofa-set listed at Rs. 800 is sold to a retailer at successive discounts of 25% and 15% by the wholesaler. Then the cost price of the sofa-set for retailer is

Rs. 500
Rs. 510
Rs. 550
Rs. 560

Validate

Solution:

(2)Single equivalent discount is

25+15- {25 \×15}/{100}

=40-3.75=36.25 \%

So, the cost price of sofa is,

\ {800 ×(100-36.25)}/{100}=Rs.510

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