At a special sale, 5 tickets can be purchased for the price of 3 tickets. If 5 tickets are purchased at the sale, the amount saved will be what percent of the original price of the 5 tickets?
(a)20\%
(b)$33 \frac{1}{3} \%$
(c)40\%
(d)60\%
Answer
Answer (as printed): C
Explanation
Let the original price of each ticket be ₹ 100. Then, original price of 5 tickets = ₹ 500. Sale price of 5 tickets $=₹ 300$. Amount saved $=₹(500-300)=₹ 200$. $$\text { ∴ } \text { Required percentage }=\left(\frac{200}{500} \times 100\right) \%=40 \% .$$
Explanation as extracted from the printed page; notation may be imperfect.