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The discount offer "Buy 2 and get 3" is equivalent

by GMATinsight » Wed Oct 24, 2018 1:47 am

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The discount offer "Buy 2 and get 3" is equivalent to what percentage discount?

A) 10%
B) 20%
C) 33.33%
D) 40%
E) 50%

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by fskilnik@GMATH » Wed Oct 24, 2018 12:37 pm
GMATinsight wrote:The discount offer "Buy 2 and get 3" is equivalent to what percentage discount?

A) 10%
B) 20%
C) 33.33%
D) 40%
E) 50%

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$$?\,\, = \,\,\Delta \% \,\,\,\,\,\,\,\left( {\Delta \% < 0} \right)$$
Three items with price of (say) $10 each would cost $30 (all 3 of them) but they are offered by $20 (all 3 of them). Hence:
$$?\,\,\,\, = \,\,\,\,\Delta \% \,\,\left( {30 \to 20} \right)\,\,\,\, = \,\,\,\,{{20 - 30} \over {30}}\,\,\,\, = \,\,\,\, - {1 \over 3}\,\,\,\, = \,\,\,\, - 33{1 \over 3}\% $$
The correct answer is (C).


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by kaylajiang » Wed Oct 24, 2018 4:46 pm
Here is my solution:

The original price for each item is a, then the original total price for 3 items should be 3a. However, since we only need to pay for 2 items (2a), so the discount is 3a-2a/3a=1/3=33.33%
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by Scott@TargetTestPrep » Thu Oct 25, 2018 5:02 pm
GMATinsight wrote:The discount offer "Buy 2 and get 3" is equivalent to what percentage discount?

A) 10%
B) 20%
C) 33.33%
D) 40%
E) 50%
Let's say the cost of 1 item is 2 dollars. So, without the discount, 3 items would cost 6 dollars. But with the discount, the 3 items would cost 4 dollars. Thus, the percent discount is:

(4 - 6)/6 x 100 = -2/6 x 100 = -1/3 x 100 = 33.33% discount.

Alternate Solution:

Let the price of one item be x. We only pay 2x but get 3 items in return; thus we end up paying 2x/3 per item. Thus, the discount on one item is x - 2x/3 = x/3; which represents a discount of (x/3)/x = 1/3 = 33.33%.

Answer: C

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