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The marked price of a mixer is 2300 rupees. A customer purchased it for Rs.1955. Find percentage of discount offered to the customer.

Given:


Marked Price = Rs 2300


Selling Price = Rs 1955


We know Discount = Marked Price – Selling Price


Discount = 2300 – 1955 = Rs 345


Now, let us suppose the percentage of discount is x.


Then, we have





Hence, the percentage of discount offered is 15 (that is 15%).


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After offering discount of 10% on marked price, a customer gets total discount of 17 rupees. To find the cost price for the customer, fill in the following boxes with appropriate numbers and complete the activity.

Suppose, marked price of the item = 100 rupees


Therefore, for customer that item costs
[ ] - [ ] = 90 rupees


Hence, when the discount is [ ] then the selling price is [ ] rupees.


Suppose when the discount is [ ] rupees, the selling price is x rupees.



∴ the customer will get the item for 153 rupees.