Question
A shopkeeper offers the following schemes on toys of the same marked price.
(A) Successive discounts of 43% and 19% on any number of toys bought.
(B) Successive discounts of 41%, 21% and 49% on any number of toys bought.
(C) 35% discount on the first 5 toys and 3% discount on each toy thereon.
(D) 4 toys free of cost on buying 5 toys.
A customer wants to buy 5 toys. Which of the above schemes is the least beneficial to her?
Asked in RRB NTPC (UG) CBT-I · 2026
Discount and MP · Quantitative Aptitude
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For “Buy x Get y Free”, effective discount = y/(x+y) × 100%.
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Two discounts of 10% each do not make a 20% discount because the base changes after the first reduction.
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