Question
An article is sold for a Rs 657.90 after successive
discounts of 15% and 10%. Find the marked price of the article?Solution
Selling price of the article = Rs 657.90 After 2 successive discounts, Marked price of the article = 657.90/(0.85 × 0.90) = Rs. 860
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