If 10% discount and then 40% discount in succession is equivalent to total of:
Sami Aslam
a) 40% b) 30 % c) 46% d) 50%
SSC CHSL-2015
46%. Solution If the first discount is x% and 2nd discount is y% then , Total discount = ( x + y - xy / 100 ) % x = 10% and y = 40% Total discount = [ 10 + 40 – ( 10 x 40) / 100] % = ( 50 – 400 /100 ) % Total discount = 46%
