Samson bought a car for ₹ 4,40,000 after getting a 15% discount from the car dealer. What was the original price of the car? Class 8

Samson bought a car for ₹ 4,40,000 after getting a 15% discount from the car dealer. What was the original price of the car? Class 8

Question 1.

Samson bought a car for ₹ 4,40,000 after getting a 15% discount from the car dealer. What was the original price of the car? Class 8

Solution:

Let the original price be ₹ 100.

So, 15% discount = ₹ 15.

S.P. of car = ₹ (100 + 15) = ₹ 115.

Now, if S.P. is ₹ 115, original price = ₹ 100.

So, if S.P. is ₹ 1, original price = ₹ [latex]\frac{100}{115}[/latex]

Hence, if S.P. is ₹ 440000, original price

= ₹ [latex]\frac{100}{115}[/latex] × 440000

= ₹ 382609 (approx.)

Question 2.

1600 people voted in an election and the winner got 500 votes. What percent of the total votes did the winner get? Can you guess the minimum number of candidates who stood for the election? Class 8

Solution:

Winner got = [latex]\frac{500}{1600}[/latex] × 100% votes

Minimum number of candidates = 4, as

3 × 500 = 1500 < 1600.