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A customer goes to a store to buy a bag costing Rs. 648 at marked rice. The sales tax to be levied on the bag is 8%. But the customer asks the trader to give a discount, after which she has to pay Rs. 648 to buy the bag. How much discount was given to the customer ?

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Let the price of the bag after the discount be Rs. 100x.
Price after sales tax =100x+8x
=Rs. 108x
Given that 108x=648
`implies x=6`
Price after discount =Rs. 100x
`=100xx6`
=Rs. 600
`therefore ` Discount given =648-600=Rs. 48.
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