Question

Consider the advertisement offering a promotion of "Buy two bottles of soda and get one free." If each bottle of soda is priced at $2.00 and a customer purchases 4 bottles of soda, how much money in sales is the company forfeiting due to this transaction?(2 points)
Responses

They would give away one free bottle loosing the sale amount of 1 x $2.00 = $2.00.
They would give away one free bottle loosing the sale amount of 1 x $2.00 = $2.00.

They would give away two free bottles loosing the sale amount of 2 x $2.00 = $4.00.
They would give away two free bottles loosing the sale amount of 2 x $2.00 = $4.00.

They would give away three free bottles loosing the sale amount of 3 x $2.00 = $6.00.
They would give away three free bottles loosing the sale amount of 3 x $2.00 = $6.00.

They would give away four free bottles loosing the sale amount of 4 x $2.00 = $8.00.
They would give away four free bottles loosing the sale amount of 4 x $2.00 = $8.00.

Answer 1

In the promotion "Buy two bottles of soda and get one free," for every two bottles purchased, the customer receives one additional bottle for free.

If a customer purchases 4 bottles of soda, they would effectively qualify for 2 free bottles (since they purchased 4 bottles, which is 2 sets of 2).

Let's break this down:

1. The customer buys 4 bottles.
2. For those 4 bottles, they receive 2 free bottles (1 free for each 2 purchased).
3. The cost of the 4 bottles is 4 x $2.00 = $8.00.
4. The company gives away 2 free bottles, which amounts to a loss of 2 x $2.00 = $4.00.

Thus, the company is forfeiting **$4.00** due to this transaction.

So the correct response is:
**They would give away two free bottles, losing the sale amount of 2 x $2.00 = $4.00.**