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While selling an article, the shopkeeper offers the following discount schemes. The sale cost of the article is ₹10,000. He demands a 20% down cash payment. For the remaining 80% payment, he offers the following schemes. 1.Two successive discounts of 10% 2.A discount of 10% followed by a discount of 8% If the buyer opts for the first scheme, then how much benefit is he getting in the payment?
Asked in Punjab Police Constable · 2023
Discount and MP · Quantitative Aptitude
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Final SP = MP × (1−a/100) × (1−b/100).
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