Q110Multiple choice
A store is having a 25% discount sale. Sheela has a Rs 50 gift voucher and wants to use it to buy a board game marked for Rs 320. She is not sure how to calculate the concession she will get. The sales clerk has suggested two ways to calculate the amount payable. - Method 1: Subtract Rs 50 from the price and take 25% off the resulting price. - Method 2: Take 25% off the original price and then subtract Rs 50.
- a.Do you think both the methods will give the same result? If not, predict which method will be beneficial for her.
- b.For each method, calculate the amount Sheela would have to pay. Show your work.
- c.Which method do you think stores actually use? Why?