The marked price of an electronic watch in a store is ₹15,620 and it is available at a discount of 27%. What is the price (in ₹,…

Question

The marked price of an electronic watch in a store is ₹15,620 and it is available at a discount of 27%. What is the price (in ₹, to the nearest tens) that a customer pays?

1. A. 11,400 (Correct answer)
2. B. 9,880
3. C. 2,500
4. D. 10,800

Correct Answer

Option A — 11,400

Detailed Solution & Explanation

The correct answer is ₹11,400.

Key Points

• Price paid $=15620\times(1-0.27)=15620\times0.73=11402.6$.
• Rounded to the nearest tens $=$ ₹11,400.

Additional Information

• A discount of d% means paying (100 − d)% of the marked price, so a single multiplication by 0.73 does the whole job.
• Successive discounts do not add: two discounts of a% and b% give an effective a + b − ab/100 per cent.
• Read the rounding instruction — to the nearest tens turns 11,402.6 into 11,400, not 11,403.