Railways Sample Paper RRB (Group D) Sample Test Paper-1

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    Marked price of an item is Rs 500. On purchase of 2 items discount is 8%, on purchase of 3 items discount is 16%.Radha buys 5 items, what is the effective discount?

    A)  20.4 percent     

    B)  23.25 percent

    C)  12.8 percent     

    D)  35 percent

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    [c] Marked price of each item =500 No. of items =5 \[\therefore \] Total marked price \[=500\times 5=2500\] Total discount \[=2\times 500\times \frac{8}{100}+3\times 500\times \frac{16}{100}=320\] \[\therefore \] Effective discount \[=\frac{320}{2500}\times 100=12.8%\]


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