A shopkeeper marked a pressure cooker at ₹ 1800. The rate of GST on pressure cooker is 12%. The customer has only ₹ 1792 with him and he requests the shopkeeper to reduce the price so that he can buy the cooker in ₹ 1792. What percent discount must the shopkeeper give ?
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M.P. of pressure cooker = ₹ 1800.
Let after discount the price of cooker be ₹ x.
GST on pressure cooker = 12%
According to question,
$$\begin{aligned}\therefore x + \frac{12}{100} \times x = 1792 \\[1em] \Rightarrow x + 0.12x = 1792 \\[1em] \Rightarrow 1.12x = 1792 \\[1em] \Rightarrow x = \frac{1792}{1.12} = \text{₹ 1600}.\end{aligned}$$
Discount given by shopkeeper = ₹ 1800 - ₹ 1600 = ₹ 200.
Discount % = $\frac{\text{Discount}}{\text{M.P.}} \times 100$
$$\begin{aligned}= \frac{200}{1800} \times 100 \\[1em] = \frac{1}{9} \times 100 \\[1em] = 11.11 %.\end{aligned}$$
Hence, discount offered = 11.11 %.






