Question

During a sale, the shop offered a discount of 10 % on the market prices of all the items. What would a customer have to pay for a pair of jeans marked at Rs. 1450 and two shirts marked at Rs. 850 each?

Answer 1

Hint: Discount is the amount or percent deducted from the selling price of something. Hence, calculate the discounted price of the pair of jeans and two shirts and add them to find the total amount the customer has to pay.

Complete step-by-step answer:
It is given that the shop offers a 10 % discount during the sale. We know that a discount is an amount or percentage deducted from the normal selling price of the object bought.
The customer buys a pair of jeans marked at Rs. 1450.
The actual amount he needs to pay for the jeans is reduced by 10 % of Rs. 1450.

$$10 \% of 1450 = \dfrac{{10}}{{100}} \times 1450 \\\ \\\$$ $$10\% of 1450 = Rs.145............(1) \\\ \\\$$

The amount the customer needs to pay = 1450 - 145
The amount the customer needs to pay = Rs. 1305
The customer also buys two shirts marked at Rs. 850 each.
The total selling price of the shirts is Rs. 1700.
The actual amount he needs to pay for the shirts is reduced by 10 % of Rs. 1700.

$$10\% of 1700 = \dfrac{{10}}{{100}} \times 1700 \\\ \\\$$ $$10\% of 1450 = Rs.170............(2) \\\ \\\$$

The amount the customer needs to pay = 1700 – 170
The amount the customer needs to pay = Rs. 1530
Hence, the total amount the customer needs to pay is the sum of the discounted prices of the pair of jeans and the two shirts.
Total amount = 1305 + 1530
Total amount = Rs. 2835
Hence, the customer has to pay Rs. 2835.

Note: You can also calculate the total selling price of the clothes the customer brought and then deduce 10 % of this amount to get the answer. This alternate method is easier and saves time.