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AMC 10 2014b Problem 11

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For the consumer, a single discount of n%n\% is more advantageous than any of the following discounts: (1) two successive 15%15\% discounts (2) three successive 10%10\% discounts (3) a 25%25\% discount followed by a 5%5\% discount What is the smallest possible positive integer value of nn? (A)  27(B) 28(C) 29(D) 31(E) 33\textbf{(A)}\ \ 27 \textbf{(B)}\ 28 \textbf{(C)}\ 29 \textbf{(D)}\ 31 \textbf{(E)}\ 33

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