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Shopkeeper rise price by 35% and gives successive discount of 10% and 15%. What is overall % gain or loss?

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Saraswathy  (10 years ago)

Let d initial price be 100
35 % rise
now price = 135/100*100 = 135

10% discount
Then price = 135 * 90/100 = 121.5

15 % discount
Then price = 121.5 * 85/100 = 103.275

So Gain = 103.275 - 100 = 3.275

Gain % = Gain * 100 /CP
==> 3.275 * 100 /100 = 3.275%

Ans : 3.275%

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Saraswathy  (10 years ago)

Gain of 3.275%

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PREM  (10 years ago)

ans : gain of 3.275 %
for the first discount gain is 21.5 %
and after the next 15 % discount gain is3.275 %

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