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 .
- AScheme A
- BScheme C
- CBoth Scheme A and Scheme C
- DScheme 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 ().
**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 ().