The marked price of a shirt and trousers are in the ratio 1 : 2. The shopkeeper gives 40% discount on the shirt. If the total discount on the set of the shirt and trousers is 30%, the discount offered on the trousers is = ?

  • 115%
  • 220%
  • 325%
  • 430%
Answer:- 4
Explanation:-

Solution:
Let the marked price of the shirt and trousers be Rs. x and Rs. 2x respectively.
Let the discount offered on trousers be y%
Then, Selling price of shirt =60% of Rsx=Rs(60100×x)=Rs.3x5Selling price of trousers=(100y)% of Rs2x=Rs.[(100y)100×2x]=Rs.[(100y)x100] Combined Selling price of shirt and trousers =70% of Rs.(x+2x)=Rs.(70100×3x)=Rs.21x103x5+(10y)x50=21x10130y50=2110130010y=150y=25

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Combined Selling price of shirt and trousers =70% of Rs.(x+2x)=Rs.(70100×3x)=Rs.21x103x5+(10y)x50=21x10130y50=2110130010y=150y=25 ", "dateCreated": "7/24/2019 10:09:12 AM", "author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Nitin Sir" } }, "suggestedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "
Solution:
Let the marked price of the shirt and trousers be Rs. x and Rs. 2x respectively.
Let the discount offered on trousers be y%
Then, Selling price of shirt =60% of Rsx=Rs(60100×x)=Rs.3x5Selling price of trousers=(100y)% of Rs2x=Rs.[(100y)100×2x]=Rs.[(100y)x100] Combined Selling price of shirt and trousers =70% of Rs.(x+2x)=Rs.(70100×3x)=Rs.21x103x5+(10y)x50=21x10130y50=2110130010y=150y=25 ", "dateCreated": "7/24/2019 10:09:12 AM" } }
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