Problems on successive discount Part 1

Problems on successive discount Part 1

#### A retailer offers successive discounts of 20% and 10%. If a shirt originally costs Rs. 60, how much will it cost after the discounts? 1. [ ] Rs. 42 2. [ ] Rs. 45 3. [ ] Rs. 48 4. [x] Rs. 43.20 #### If an item originally costs Rs. 300 and the retailer offers successive discounts of 25% and z%, what is the value of z if the final price of the item is Rs. 50? 1. [ ] 7% 2. [x] 5% 3. [ ] 8% 4. [ ] 7% #### Successive discounts of 10% and 30% are equivalent to a single discount of : 1. [x] 37% 2. [ ] 38% 3. [ ] 40% 4. [ ] 35% #### The equivalent single discount for two successive discounts of 15% and 10% is 1. [ ] 20.5% 2. [x] 23.5% 3. [ ] 25% 4. [ ] 20%