Question: Marked price of a chair is Rs. 2000. After giving two successive discounts of 20 percent and x percent, the chair is sold for Rs. 1400. What is the value of x?
- 12.5 percent
- 20 percent
- 25 percent
- 10 percent
Answer: 12.5 percent
Solutions:
bulding equation selling price after 1 st dsicount
2000-0.2(2000)=1600
building equation after x discount
1600-(0.01)x1600=1400
200=0.01(x) 1600
1/8=12.5 percent