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What is Discount?
What is successive discount?
Case: Successive vs One Time Discount?
What is marked price?
Case: Finding Marked Price from Profit %
Case: Finding marked price from Selling price
Case: Finding % Profit / loss in MP-Discount
MOCK TEST
Answers with explanations and shortcuts
What is Discount?
In the garment stores, youve come across this sign many times: HURRY! 20%
OFF!!
That 20% is called discount.
Suppose a Music CD has price tag of Rs.100 and the shopkeeper is offering 20%
discount.
That means 20% less on the price tag.
The price youve to pay
=Rs.100 minus 20% of 100
=100-(20100/100)
=100-20
=Rs. 80 youve to pay, to buy that music CD.
But in exam, we dont have no time to do such lengthy calculations.
So just think in your head:
20 percent discount means youve to pay 100 percent minus 20 percent=80 percent of
the price tag.
% means one upon hundred (1/100)
So 80% means (80/100=0.8)
So youve to pay 0.8 times the original price.
=0.8 x 100
=Rs. 80
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It means discount on the discount. (just like Compound Interest rate= interest on
interest)
The original price of a music CD is Rs.100. A shopkeeper offers 10% discount on this
music CD and then again offers 20% discount on the new price. How much will you
have to pay, finally?
Concept: Successive Discounts
Rs.1,320
Rs.1,350
Rs.1,360
Rs.1,380
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=Rs. 1320
(I hope you know quick multiplication with 11, basically 1211= in 12 you
do:1|(1+2)|2=132)
Sheme B
Phase I
15% of 12399
=1859.85 Rs. (discount I)
So new price : 12399 MINUS 1859.85=10539.15
Discount offered
Phase II: (second discount)
=30% of 12,399
=15% of 10539.15
=0.3 x 12,399
=0.15 x 10539.15
=3719.7
=1580.8725 (discount II)
Total discount
=1859.85 +1580.8725
=3440.7225
We are getting more discount in Scheme A compared to Scheme B.
So, from customers point of view, Scheme A is more beneficial.
^Very lengthy and tiresome calculation isnt it?
Well, if you look at it carefully, the price tag Rs.12,399/- is irrelevant here.
Scheme B
Successive discount 15% (two times)
Discount offered=30%
Final price youve to pay
Final price youve to pay
=0.85 x 0.85 x original price
=0.7 times original price.
=0.7225 x original price
In Scheme A, youve to pay less price compared to Scheme B. Because 0.7 < 0.7225
So, from customers point of view, Scheme A is more beneficial.
Sidenote: you can do 8585 with Vedic shortcut (square of numbers ending with five)
Square of 85
=8|5
=(8x(8+1)|25
=8*9|25
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=7225
I hope discount and successive discount is clear. Moving to the next topic.
Rs. 1,000
Rs. 1,100
Rs. 1,200
Rs. 1,300
Shortcut
12.5% =1/8 (percentage to fraction conversion table).
So, 12.5% x800
= (1/8) x 800= Rs. 100
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Rs.11
Rs.44
Rs.33
Rs.22
Discount of 15%, means Master Bhide (customer) paid (100-15)=85% of the marked
price.
=0.85 times the marked price
But question also says he paid Rs.37.40, Therefore
37.40=0.85 x MP.
MP=3740/85
=(374x 10)/ (175)
=(374 x 2)/17
=(222)
=44. (Sidenote, if you dont know the multiplication table of 17, then use approximation
method explained in earlier article. CLICK ME)
Most important part: Rs.44 is the marked price of two pens. So marked price of each
pen =44/2=Rs.22
Answer is (D)
In the actual exam, rough paper calculation: =37.4/(0.85 x 2)
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B. 1% loss
C. 5% profit
D. No profit No loss.
Assume his total investment is Rs.100 (=cost price). Well we can assume total
investment as CP or x or y or anything but assuming Rs.100 saves the time of
calculating percentages later on.
Marked price
=10% above cost price
So price tag (marked price) is
100%+10% of Cost price
=110% of cost price
=1.1 x cost price
=1.1 x 100
=Rs. 110
Now he offers 10% discount on marked price, so customer has to pay only
0.9 times the marked price
=0.9 x 110
=Rs.99
Verdict: His investment is Rs.100 and he receives only Rs.99 from customers so he is
making loss
How much loss?
Long
cut
We assumed Rs.100 initially for the very reason that to prevent long cut
Shortcut formula!
Since he receives one rupee less (100-99), his loss is 1%.
In the actual exam, rough paper:
Invested Received
100
0.9 x 1.1 x 100=99
So, loss is 1%.
I hope the concept of marked price is clear by now. So it is time for a
MOCK TEST
Time: 20 Minutes
Correct =1m
Wrong= minus 0.33m
1. When Jethalal offers discount on cost price, he makes
A.
B.
C.
D.
Profit
Loss
No Profit no Loss
Profit or loss, depending on situation.
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2.5%
1.2%
1.5%
2%
7. Jethalal sells his mobiles on 10% discount on marked price. He bought a mobile
@Rs.900 and wants to get 10% profit. What should be the marked price?
A.
B.
C.
D.
1275
1250
1175
1100
8. Jethalal wants to give 10% discount on all his mobile phones. But at the same time,
he also wants to make 20% profit. At what percent above the cost price, should he
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25%
30%
33.33%
37.5%
Only 1
Only 2
Both 1 and 2
None
A. 0.9*0.8*0.7=0.504
B. 0.8*0.8=0.64
C. 0.5
Customer has to pay minimum in situation C.
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9 C
10 ??
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