A scored 72% in a paper with a maximum marks of 900 and 80% in another paper with a maximum marks of 700. If the result is based on the combined percentage of two papers, the combined percentage is
The marked price of a pen is Rs 3000. The shopkeeper gives two successive discounts of 15% and a% to the customer. If the customer pays Rs 2142 for the pen, then what is the value (in percentage) of a?
The numbers x, y, z are respectively proportional to 2, 3, 5 and the sum of x, y and z is 80. If the number z is given by the equation z = ax-8, then a is