Question
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?Solution
Discount For A scheme=10+15-1.5 =23.5% Discount For B scheme= Buy 5 get 2 free Total sold by shopkeeper =5+2=7 Final discount = (2/7) ×100 =200/7 =28.5%. So, we can see the scheme B has the maximum discount percentage.
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