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An item is sold at two successive discounts of 20% and 20% . The selling price of the article after the two discounts is Rs 1280 . If it is sold only at one discount of 30%, then what will be the selling price (in Rs) of the article?

Solution & Step-by-step Explanation

Let the Marked Price (MP) of the article be M .The effective selling price after two successive discounts of 20% is: M \times (1 - \frac{20}{100}) \times (1 - \frac{20}{100}) = 1280 M \times 0.8 \times 0.8 = 1280 0.64 M = 1280 M = \frac{1280}{0.64} = 2000 If the article is sold at a single discount of 30%, the new selling price will be: New SP = M \times (1 - \frac{30}{100}) = 2000 \times 0.7 = 1400

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An item is sold at two successive discounts of 20% and 20% . The selling price of the article after the two discounts is Rs 1280 . If it is sold only at one discount of 30%, then what will be the selling price (in Rs) of the article?

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