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} ) $ %