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A shopkeeper offers the following schemes on toys of the same marked price.(A) Successive discounts of 47% and 24% on any number of toys bought.(B) Successive discounts of 50%, 24% and 29% on any number of toys bought.(C) 34% discount on the first 5 toys and 22% discount on each additional toy.(D) Pay for 6 toys and receive 10 toys.A customer wants to buy 10 toys. Which of the above schemes is the least beneficial to her?
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Discount and MP · Quantitative Aptitude
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