Question

Employees at a company are given £800 to spend on items for the office.

They decide to buy a coffee machine and as many bean bags as possible.
Bean bags cost £40 with an offer of "Buy at least 10 get 10% off the price."
The coffee machine costs £310.
How much will they have left over from the £800?

Answer 1

Answer:51273.816238

Explanation:

Answer 2

they have 490 to buy bean bags

If there is no discount, the amount they can buy is 490/40=12,25>10, so they will get a discount

call the bean bag is X we have: X*40*(100%-10%) ≤ 490

⇒X≤13,6

they can buy at most 13 bag and they will have left 490-40*13*90%=22

Explanation: