O P Malhotra, S K Gupta and, Anubhuti Gangal Solutions for Chapter: Percentage and its Applications, Exercise 8: Exercise

A shopkeeper marks the price of an article at $₹80$. Find the selling price if he allows:

Two successive discounts of $5$% each.

Find the S.P, when M.P. = $₹990$ and discount = $10$%.

If the M.P. is $₹k$, when S.P. = $₹990$ and discount = $1$%, then find $k$.

A shopkeeper gives a discount of $5$ paise in one rupee on a commodity whose marked price is $₹16$. What is the percentage of discount given? Find the selling price.

A manufacturer's catalogued price of a weighing machine is $₹240$, but he allows the retailer $30$% discount. What does the retailer pay for the machine?

A shopkeeper gives a discount of $10\%$ for cash payment. At what price is an article marked if its cash price is$₹13.50?$ 

A table is quoted at $₹2400$ in a wholesaler's catalogue, but the retailer only pays $₹2000$ for it. Express the trade discount allowed as a percentage.

The catalog price of an article is $₹16$, but the retailer is allowed a trade discount of $25\%$. At what price must the retailer sell it to gain $25\%$ of what he pays for it?