Marked price of a watch was Rs.,720. A man bought same for Rs., 550.80 after getting two successive

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The marked price of a watch was $Rs.\,720.$ A man bought the same for $Rs.\, 550.80$ after getting two successive discounts, the first being $10 \% .$ The second discount rate is.......$\%$

A

$12$

B

$14$

C

$15$

D

$18$

Solution

$M.P.$ $=720 ₹$

$S.P.$ $=550.80 ₹$

First discount $=10 \%$

After $1^{st}$ discount $S.P _{1}=90 \%(720)=648 ₹$

Second discount $\%=\frac{648-550.8}{648} \times 100=15 \%$

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