Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Test

Chapter

Numerical Ability

Topic

Profit and Loss

Question:

A shopkeeper is giving two consecutive discount of 30% and 20%. The selling price of an article after discount whose MRP is 1200 is:

Options:

600

572

840

672

Correct Answer:

672

Explanation:

MRP = 1200/-

S.P. after 1st discount of 30% = 1200 × 70% = 1200 × \(\frac{70}{100}\) = 840

S.P after 2nd discount of 20%= 840 × 80% = 840 × \(\frac{80}{100}\) = 672/-