Three merchants were selling the same product for the same price. Successively they adjusted the prices as follows:
(a) Merchant A first increased the price of the product by \(5\%\), but later reduced it by \(10\%\).
(b) Merchant B first reduced the price of the product by \(2\%\) and later reduced it again, this time by \(3\%\).
(c) Merchant C adjusted the price of the product only once. He cheapened the product by \(10\%\).
Which merchant offers the product for the highest price after price adjustments?
Merchant B
Merchant A
Merchant C
All merchants will sell the product for the same price.
During epidemic the towns reported the ratios of ill citizens (see the table). Which town had the biggest number of ill citizens on 1$^{\mathrm{st}}$ July.
\[\begin{array}{|c|c|c|} \hline \text{Town} & \text{Total population} & \text{Ratio of ill citizens on 1\(^{\mathrm{st}}\) July 2020} \\\hline A & 8\,000 & 4.0\% \\\hline B & 64\,000 & 0.5\% \\\hline C & 320\,000 & 0.1\% \\\hline \end{array}\]
All towns had the same number of ill citizens.
The biggest number of ill citizens was in the town A.
The biggest number of ill citizens was in the town B.
The biggest number of ill citizens was in the town C.
Three companies made a commitment to donate a portion of their annual profit to charity (see the table). Which company did donate the biggest sum?
\[\begin{array}{|c|c|c|} \hline \text{Company} & \text{Annual profit} & \text{Ratio from annual profit} \\\hline A & 6\,000\,000 & 4.0\% \\\hline B & 12\,000\,000 & 2.0\% \\\hline C & 48\,000\,000 & 0.5\% \\\hline \end{array}\]
Which of the given numbers is the product of all the solutions of the following exponential equations?
\begin{align*} 3^{x+1}-3^{x}-3^{x-1}&=15\\ 3^{x+2}-3^{x}&=72 \end{align*}