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The marked price of a watch is Rs. 1,600. The shopkeeper gives succesive discounts of 10% and x% to the customer. If the customer pays Rs. 1,224 for the watch, the value of x is

A

0.12

B

0.15

C

0.08

D

0.1

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The correct Answer is:
B
10% के छूट के बाद मिक्सी का मूल्य
`=1600-(1600xx10)/100=1440`
प्रश्नानुसार,
`1440-1400 " का " x% = 1224`
`implies 1440-(1440xx x)/100 =1224`
`implies 1440 – 144x = 12240`
`implies 144x = 14400 -12240`
`x=2160/144`
`implies x= 15%`
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