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Verizon offers to sell cellular phones listing for $95.14 with a chain discount

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Question

Verizon offers to sell cellular phones listing for $95.14 with a chain discount of 15/10/5. Cellular Company offers to sell its cellular phones that list at $98.29 with a chain discount of 25/5. If Irene is to buy eight phones, how much could she save if she buys from the lower-priced company? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your final answer to the nearest cent.)

Verizon offers to sell cellular phones listing for $95.14 with a chain discount of 15/10/5. Cellular Company offers to sell its cellular phones that list at $98.29 with a chain discount of 25/5. If Irene is to buy eight phones, how much could she save if she buys from the lower-priced company? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your final answer to the nearest cent.)

Explanation / Answer

Solution:

Verizon offers to sell cellular phones listing for $95.14 with a chain discount of 15/10/5.

therefore

equivalent price on cost price with chain discount ( 100%-15%)*(100-10%)*(100-5%)

= 0.75 * 0.90 * 0.95

= 0.64125

Net discount on each cell phone = (1-0.64125) * 95.14 = 0.35875 * 95.14 = 34.131475

therefore total saving for Verizion if she buy 8 phones = 8 * 34.13475 = 273.05

Similerly

for

Cellular Company offers to sell its cellular phones that list at $98.29 with a chain discount of 25/5

therefore

discounted amount on first discount = 25% of 98.25 = 24.5625

Price after discount = 98.29 - 24.5625 = $ 73.7275

=   $ 73.7275

discounted amout on second discount chain = 5%of 73.7275

= 3.686375

Now total discount on each phone = 24.5625 + 3.6863375 = $ 28.25

Price after total discount counted = 98.29 -28.25 = $ 70.04

therefore total saving for cellular if she buy 8 phones = 8 * 28.25 = $ 226

As we can see that from above two case

Cellular company offers more discount on the price and therefore she can save more $ 226 if she buy cellular company .

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