Question

Marked price of an item is Rs 300. On purchase of 2 items discount is 24%, on purchase of 5 items discount is 38%. Rachna buys 7 items, what is the effective discount?
Options:
1) 17.5 percent
2) 20.4 percent
3) 34 percent
4) 12.8 percent

Answer 1

Answer is option C... 34%

After buying 2 items of 600 Rs he get 24% and save 144 Rs

Now after buying of 5 items of 1500 he get 38% and save 570 Rs

He totally saves 714 Rs(570+144 Rs) after buying totally value of product of 2100 Rs

So, 2100* discount rate = 714
Discount rate = 714/2100
Discount rate = 34%

Answer 2

Answer:34%

Step-by-step explanation:

(24*2 + 38*5)/7 = 34%