Discount Ques 16
Question
Two successive discounts of a% and b% on the marked price of an article are equivalent to the single discount of
(1) $ (a+b) $ %
(2) $ ( a+b-\frac{ab}{100} ) $ %
(3) $ ( \frac{a+b}{100} ) $ %
(4) $ ( \frac{a+b}{2} ) $ %
(5) None of these
(IBPS RRBs Officer Scale-I & II CWE 13.09.2015)
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Answer: (2)
Solution: (2)
Single discount equivalent to two successive discounts a% and b%,$ =( a+b-\frac{ab}{100} ) $ %