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      Question

      Shopkeeper sold an article after allowing two successive

      discounts of 12% and 18%, respectively. If instead of a single discount, he had sold it after allowing a single discount of 27%, the shopkeeper would've earned an additional profit of Rs. 1344. Find the marked price of the article.
      A 150000 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
      B 160000 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
      C 155000 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
      D 175000 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

      Solution

      Let the marked price of the article be Rs. 100X ATQ. 100x ร— 0.73 = 100x ร—0.88 ร—0.82 + 1344 Or 73x = 72.16x + 1344 Or, 0.84x = 1344 x=1260/.84=1600 The marked price of the article is 1600ร—100. =160000rs

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