India’s No.1 Educational Platform For UPSC,PSC And All Competitive Exam

Download Our App

A shopkeeper fixes the marked price of an item 35% above its cost price. The percentage of discount allowed to gain 8% is = ?

120%
227%
331%
443%

Answer:- 4

Explanation:-

Solution:

$\eqalign{ & {\text{Let C}}{\text{.P}}{\text{.}} = {\text{Rs}}{\text{. 100}}{\text{.}} \cr & {\text{Then,}} \cr & {\text{M}}{\text{.P}}{\text{. = Rs}}{\text{. 135,}} \cr & {\text{S}}{\text{.P}}{\text{. }} = {\text{Rs}}{\text{.108}}{\text{.}} \cr & \therefore {\text{Discount }}\% \cr & = \left( {\frac{{27}}{{135}} \times 100} \right)\% \cr & = 20\% \cr}$

Workspace Report

Post your Comments

", "dateCreated": "7/24/2019 10:09:12 AM", "author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Nitin Sir" } }, "suggestedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "

Solution:

$\eqalign{ & {\text{Let C}}{\text{.P}}{\text{.}} = {\text{Rs}}{\text{. 100}}{\text{.}} \cr & {\text{Then,}} \cr & {\text{M}}{\text{.P}}{\text{. = Rs}}{\text{. 135,}} \cr & {\text{S}}{\text{.P}}{\text{. }} = {\text{Rs}}{\text{.108}}{\text{.}} \cr & \therefore {\text{Discount }}\% \cr & = \left( {\frac{{27}}{{135}} \times 100} \right)\% \cr & = 20\% \cr}$ ", "dateCreated": "7/24/2019 10:09:12 AM" } }

Test

Classes

E-Book