Question

One dealer in sports shirts offers a dozen at 5000 list price, less a 15% discount. A second offers the same shirts for 5200 pesos a dozen less a 20% discount. Which is the better offer and by how much?

Answer 1

Call the two offers offer A and B respectively.

For offer A, the list price is 5000 pesos with a 15% discount. So you will pay:

`A=5000(0.85)=4250\text{ pesos}`

For offer B, the list price is 5200 with a 20% discount. So you will pay:

`B=5200(0.8)=4160\text{ pesos}`

So the first deal is costing 4250 pesos and second one costs 4160 pesos.

Hence the second deal is better by 4250-4160= 90 pesos.

The second deal is the better deal by 90 pesos.