Q. A person paid 17000 Rs for a motor car after a single discount of 15%. If he is given successive discounts of 5% and 10% then how much he would pay?
Answer: 17100 Rs
Notes: Let 'x' be the marked price Single discount = 15% => 100 - 15 = 85 85% of x = 17000 $latex \therefore x = \frac{17000}{85}\times 100 = 20000 Rs.&s=1$ ∴ Required SP = $latex = 20000\times \frac{95}{100}\times \frac{90}{100}&s=1$ $latex = 180\times 95 = 17100 Rs. &s=1$ Hence option [C] is correct answer.

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