The marked price of a cooker is same at four shops I, II, III and IV. Shop I allows two successive discounts of 12% and 79%, shop II allows successive discounts of 33% and 19%, shop III allows successive discounts of 38% and 39% and shop IV allows successive discounts of 55%, 79%, and 34% on the marked price of the cooker. Which shop is selling the cooker at the lowest price?3373
IV
Comparing the combined discount multipliers for each shop on the same marked price, Shop IV's three successive discounts of 55%, 79% and 34% leave only about 6.24% of the price, the smallest fraction among all four shops. Hence, Shop IV is correct.
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