Mathematics · Profit and Loss
A trader offers to sell a commodity under any of the two schemes mentioned below: Scheme 1: The trader offers two successive discounts of 20% and 12.5% on the sale of each unit. Scheme 2: The trader offers the buyer an option to 'pay for y units, get z units free'. The buyer realizes that if he needs to buy (y + z) units, it does not matter to him which of the two schemes he opts for. Which of the following options gives a correct ordered pair of (y, z)?
- 1(7, 3)✓
- 2(10, 7)
- 3(7, 10)
- 4(3, 7)
Correct answer
(7, 3)
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