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The following price reductions are available
"Two for the price of one"
"Three for the price of two"
"Buy one and get 25% off the second"
"Buy two and get 50% off the second one"
Questions:
"Which of these four different offers gives the biggest price reduction? Explain."
"Which of these four different offers gives the smallest price reduction? Explain."

P.S. I need at least one of the questions answered!!!

Respuesta :

bobeld
Let's use 50 cents as the price of the item
Two for the price of one = $.50 for two (or $.25 each)
Three for the price of two = $1.00 for 3 or  approximately $.33 each
Buy one get 25% off the 2nd means $.50 + (.125 which is 25% of $.50) for a total of $.625 or about $.63 ($.315 or about $.32 each)
Buy Two get 50% off the 2nd means $.50 for the first and $.25 for the 2nd for a total of $.75 or $.375 - about $.38 each

We can see that two for the price of one is the best value since you save $.25 off of $.50 (that's half)  and that buy two get 50% off the 2nd is the smallest price reduction since the $.50 item only goes down to $.38 or twelve cents off.
This would work no matter what the cost of the item. The savings would still be in the same proportions.