Multiple choice

Marked price of an item is Rs. 900. On purchase of 2 items, discount is 16% and on purchase of 5 items, discount is 44%. Raksha buys 7 items. What is the effective discount?

  1. 10 percent

  2. 16 percent

  3. 36 percent

  4. 9.6 percent
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AI explanation

Raksha gets a 16 percent discount on 2 items and a 44 percent discount on 5 items. The effective discount is the weighted average of the individual discounts, calculated as ((2 multiplied by 16) plus (5 multiplied by 44)) divided by (2 plus 5). This gives (32 plus 220) divided by 7, which equals 252 divided by 7, resulting in an effective discount of 36 percent.

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