A shopkeeper offers the following two discount schemes.
A) Two successive discounts of 10% and 15%.
B) Buy 5 get 2 free.
Which scheme has the maximum discount percentage?
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B does not give any discount
Incorrect AnswerA and B both have the same discount percentage
Incorrect AnswerExplanation:
- A) Two successive discounts of 10% and 15%:
- First, a 10% discount reduces the price to 90%.
- Then, the 15% discount is applied on the reduced price: 90% * 85% = 76.5%.
- Thus, the effective discount = 100% - 76.5% = 23.5%.
- B) Buy 5 get 2 free:
- Essentially, you get 7 items for the price of 5.
- The effective price per item = 5/7 of the original price.
- This translates to a discount of (7 - 5)/7 = 2/7, or approximately 28.57%.
- Options Analysis:
- Option 1: Incorrect, Option B gives a discount.
- Option 2: Correct, Option B has a discount of 28.57%.
- Option 3: Incorrect, both discounts are not the same.
- Option 4: Incorrect, Option B has a higher discount.
Option 2: B is correct. “”
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By: Parvesh Mehta