Question

Four different stores have the same digital camera on sale. The original price and discounts offered by each store are listed below. Rank the stores from the cheapest to most expensive sale price of the camera.
Store A: price $99.99 and discount of 15%
Store B: price $95.99 and discount of 12%
Store C: price $90.99 and discount of 10%
Store D: price $89.99 and successive discounts of 5% and 5%
a.
A, B, C. D
b.
A, B, D, C
c.
D, A, B, C
d.
D, C, B, A

Answer 1

Compute each sale price:

- A: 99.99 × 0.85 = 84.9915 → $84.99
- B: 95.99 × 0.88 = 84.4712 → $84.47
- C: 90.99 × 0.90 = 81.891 → $81.89
- D: 89.99 × 0.95 × 0.95 = 89.99 × 0.9025 = 81.215975 → $81.22

From cheapest to most expensive: D, C, B, A. Answer: d.