A retailer marks a laptop 70% above its cost price. He offers a first discount of 20% on the marked price. During a sale, an additional discount of 15% is applied on the already discounted price. If the final selling price is ₹39,312, what is the approximate cost price of the laptop?

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1. Let cost be $C$. Marked price = $1.7C$ (70% above cost).
2. After 20% discount: price = $0.8	imes1.7C = 1.36C$.
3. After extra 15%: final price = $0.85	imes1.36C = 1.156C$.
4. Given final = ₹39,312, so $C = 39312/1.156 \approx 34000$.
5. Closest choice is **(b) ₹34,000**.

FINAL_ANSWER: b

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