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A shopkeeper offers schemes of discounts to his customers. Which of the following schemes will fetch the minimum discount percentage?
* Scheme A: Two successive discounts of and .
* Scheme B: Buy get free.
* Scheme C: Buy and get .

  1. A
    Scheme A
  2. B
    Scheme C
  3. C
    Both Scheme A and Scheme C
  4. D
    Scheme B

Solution & Step-by-step Explanation

Let's calculate the effective single discount percentage for each scheme:
**1. Scheme A: Two successive discounts of and **
Using the successive discount formula :





**2. Scheme B: Buy get free**
Here, the customer gets items free out of a total of items.





**3. Scheme C: Buy and get **
This means the customer pays for items but walks away with items in total. Thus, items are free.





Comparing the three discount values:

* Scheme A =
* Scheme B =
* Scheme C =

Scheme B yields the minimum discount percentage ().

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A shopkeeper offers schemes of discounts to his customers. Which of the following schemes will fetch the minimum discount percentage?
* Scheme A: Two successive discounts of and .
* Scheme B: Buy get free.
* Scheme C: Buy and get .
A
Scheme A
B
Scheme C
C
Both Scheme A and Scheme C
D
Scheme B

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