Paper I · 9 Logical Reasoning & Analytical Ability · 9.3 Percentages and commercial arithmetic

9.3.3 Marked price, discounts and the dishonest dealer

Discount is taken on the marked price and profit on the cost price; keep the two bases apart and every markup–discount question becomes CP × markup × (1 − discount).

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Key terms

  • marked price
  • list price
  • discount
  • markup
  • buy n get m free
  • false weights
  • dishonest dealer
  • cheating both ways

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