A washing machine is marked at ₹15000. A customer gets a discount of 10% and then pays a tax of 8% on the discounted price. The amount paid (in ₹) is:

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14580. Price after discount = 15000 × 0.90 = ₹13500. Adding 8% tax: 13500 × 1.08 = ₹14580. (Netting the 10% off against the 8% tax to get 15000 × 0.98 = 14700 is wrong — the tax is charged on the smaller amount.)

A washing machine is marked at ₹15000. A customer gets a discount of 10% and then pays a tax of 8% on the discounted price. The amount paid (in ₹) is:

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