Multiple choice

A shopkeeper placed a fan on sale at 20% discount. After two days, he reduces the sale price of the fan by 25% over the already discounted price for clearance. If he got Rs. 1260 for the fan, what was the original marked price of the fan?

  1. Rs. 1950

  2. Rs. 2100

  3. Rs. 2250

  4. Rs. 2300

  5. Rs. 2350
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Let original price be P. After 20% discount, price is 0.8P. After 25% reduction on that, price is 0.8P * 0.75 = 0.6P. 0.6P = 1260, so P = 1260 / 0.6 = 2100.

AI explanation

Let the original marked price be M. Using the successive discount method, the final clearance price is M multiplied by 0.80 and then by 0.75. This gives a final price factor of 0.60 times M. Setting 0.60M equal to 1260 and solving for M gives an original marked price of Rs. 2100.

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