Practice mode Profit and Loss

A shop offers ‘buy 4, get 1 free’ on soap bars. What is the effective discount percentage?

Correct answer B. 20%

Explanation

The customer gets 5 bars for the price of 4, so he saves the price of 1 bar out of 5. Effective discount = 1/5 × 100 = 20%.

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