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If two successive discounts of 10 and 5 are given then what will be the net discount percentage ........

Quantitative Aptitude (CHSL) Profit and loss

If two successive discounts of 10% and 5%, are given, then what will be the net discount percentage?

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SSC CHSL 7th June 2022 Shift-1

12.5%

15.5%

14.5%

16.5%

- When applying two successive discounts, you need to calculate the combined effect on the original price.

- The first discount of 10% reduces the price to 90% of the original.

- The second discount of 5% is then applied to the reduced price.

- After the first discount, the price is 90% of the original, meaning 0.9 times the original price.

- After the second discount, the price is 95% of what it was after the first discount, which is 0.95 times that amount.

- Therefore, the effective overall price is $0.9 \times 0.95 = 0.855$ .

- This means the final price is 85.5% of the original, leaving a net discount of 14.5%.

- Option 3: 14.5% is correct.

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