EPFO APFC • General Ability Test • 2025 • Q.75
Elementary Mathematics & StatisticsMedium
Assertion
15% discount on the marked price of an item is more than the discount of 10% on the marked price of the same item and a subsequent (successive) discount of 5%.
Reason
The subsequent (successive) discount is on the discounted amount.
Syllabus Connection
Quantitative Aptitude: Percentage, ratio & proportion, average, profit & loss, simple & compound interest, time & work, time, speed & distance, mixture & alligation, number systems (HCF, LCM). (APFC)
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