A man purchases 100 copies of a book from the publisher and gets a discount of 25%. He buys 50 copies from a retailer at a discount of 10%. He got an overall discount of:
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is option 3 i.e. 20%
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Let the price of one copy of book is Rs. 100 |
Price of 100 copies = Rs. 10000 After 25% discount: Discounted price of 100 copies = 10000 × 0.75 = 7500 Price of 50 copies = 100 × 50 = 5000 After 10% discount: Discounted price of 50 copies = 5000 × 0.9 = 4500 Total price of 150 copies = 15000 The man paid a total of = 7500 + 4500 = 12000. Overall discount = [(15000 – 12000)/15000] × 100 = 20% |