A shopkeeper gives two successive discounts of and on surplus stock. Further, he also gives extra discount on cash payment. If a person buys a shirt from the surplus stock and pays in cash, what overall discount percent will he get on the shirt?
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Solution & Step-by-step Explanation
Let the marked price () of the shirt be Rs. .
First discount is :
Second successive discount is :
Third extra discount for cash payment is :
Overall discount amount obtained on the initial Rs. :
Therefore, the overall discount percentage is .
First discount is :
Second successive discount is :
Third extra discount for cash payment is :
Overall discount amount obtained on the initial Rs. :
Therefore, the overall discount percentage is .