Sarees listed at Rs. 400 carry successive discounts of 10% and 5%. What is the resulting sale price________?
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Answer: C. Rs.342
Explanation
Applying the first discount of ten percent reduces the original price of four hundred rupees significantly. The intermediate price after the first discount becomes three hundred sixty rupees before the next reduction. Applying the subsequent five percent discount to this intermediate amount yields the final sale price. Successive discounts are applied sequentially rather than being added together as a single large percentage reduction. Multiplying by decimal multipliers like zero point nine and zero point nine five streamlines multi step calculations. Commercial pricing strategies often utilize successive percentage reductions during promotional sales events to attract customers.
Three hundred fifty seven rupees results from an incorrect calculation method or improper application of discount percentages. Three hundred forty rupees would represent a simple fifteen percent single discount instead of successive separate reductions. Three hundred thirty eight rupees stems from computational errors during the decimal multiplication stages of the problem.
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