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2014 AMC 10B Question 11

AMC10 · 2014 AMC 10B

Question 11

For the consumer, a single discount of $n\%$ is more advantageous than any of the following discounts:

$(1)$ Two successive $15\%$ discounts.

$(2)$ Three successive $10\%$ discounts.

$(3)$ A $25\%$ discount followed by a $5\%$ discount.

What is the smallest possible positive integer value of $n?$
  1. $ \ \ 27 $
  2. $ \ 28 $
  3. $ \ 29 $
  4. $ \ 31 $
  5. $ \ 33 $