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The marked price of a cooker is same at four shops I, II, III and IV. Shop I allows two successive discounts of 58% and 36%, shop II allows successive discounts of 73% and 91%, shop III allows successive discounts of 76% and 88% and shop IV allows successive discounts of 79%, 68% and 96% on the marked price of the cooker. Which shop is selling the cooker at the lowest price?

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RRB Group D 2025 Question Paper (9-Aug-2026) (Shift 1)
The correct answer is

IV

Let the marked price be 100.

Shop I: 100 × 0.42 × 0.64 = 26.88

Shop II: 100 × 0.27 × 0.09 = 2.43

Shop III: 100 × 0.24 × 0.12 = 2.88

Shop IV: 100 × 0.21 × 0.32 × 0.04 = 0.2688

Shop IV gives the lowest selling price.

Hence, this is the correct answer.

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