A shopping mart offers four different discounts schemes on the sale of an object as follows:

(1) A discount of 30%

(2) Two successive discounts of 15%

(3) Buy 2, get 1 free

(4) Buy 5, get 3 free

Which discount scheme offers the maximum discount to a customer?

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  1. (1)
  2. (4)
  3. (2)
  4. (3)

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Option 2 : (4)
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Formula used:

Effective discount = x + y - (x × y)/100

effective discount = (Article get free)/(Total articles) × 100

Calculation:

Scheme I. A discount of 30%

= 30%

Scheme II. Two successive discounts of 15%

= 15 + 15 - (15 × 15)/100

= 30 - 2.25

= 27.75%

Scheme III. Buy 2 get 1 free

So, effective discount for scheme B is = (Article get free)/(Total articles) × 100

= 1/(1 + 2 ) × 100 = 33.33%

Scheme IV. Buy 5 get 3 free

So, effective discount for scheme A is = (Article get free)/(Total articles) × 100

= 3/(5 + 3) × 100 = 37.5%

(4) has the maximum discount percentage.

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