Question

Arnold wants to buy a pen for his son. He checks the prices of 2 pen brands: Brand A pen cost 70 per piece while brand B pen cost 95 per piece. buying 10 pieces of brand a pen, a customer will be given 5% discount for each pen he will buy. if he buys 10 pieces of brand b pen, a 7% discount per piece will be given to him. in which brand of open he will save more? explain

Answer 1

Pen A
Quoted price of Pens	70*10	700
Purchase price of pens after discount	70*(1-0.05)*10	665
discount availed	700-665	35
Pen B
Quoted price of Pens	95*10	950
Purchase price of pen after discount	95*(1-0.07)*10	883.5
discount availed		66.5
He will save more in Brand B of pen as amount of discount availed is 66.5 while it is 35 in case of Brand A pens. Difference in price is ignored as purchase price of both the pen brand are different