VLOOKUP Challenges

Challenge #1: What is amount payable after quantity discount?

Method I
Unit Price $50 Discount Table
Customer Qty. Bought Amount Payable Quantity Bought (upto)
Joseph 26 1
John 45 3
Josh 97 5
Jamie 76 10
Jackie 46 25
Johnson 9 100
Jonathan 12
Jagjit 78 How to calculate?
Jairam 54 Joseph bought 26 units, which is between 25 a
Jessy 1 100. So he will get 50% discount. Jessy bought
Javed 27 unit, so she will get 0% discount.

Jimmy 13
Juno 77

Challenge #2: What is amount payable after accumulated quantity discount?

Unit Price $50 Discount Table

Customer Qty. Bought Amount Payable Quantity Bought (upto)

Josh 5 1
Joseph 15 3
Jamie 12 5
Jackie 1 10
Joseph 5 25
Joseph 2 100
John 12
Josh 10 How to calculate?
Jackie 5 Josh bought 5 units initially, so she gets 15%
Joseph 15 discount and pays $212.5. Later she bought 10
Jackie 12 more units, so her total qty bought is 15. Now
gets 25% discount on the 10 items and pays -
John 1 $375.
Jamie 11

Challenge #3: What is the closest price per unit?

 Pricing Table

Customer Qty. Bought Price per unit Quantity Bought (upto)

Joseph 7 1
John 2 3
Josh 5 5
Jamie 8 10
Jackie 9 25
Johnson 10 100
Jonathan 14
Jagjit 23 How to calculate?
Jairam 27 Joseph bought 7 units. Price per unit is $43 sinc
Jessy 89 is closer to 5, we pick $43 as unit price.
Javed 11 Similarly, Javed bought 11 units hence the pirc
per unit will be $40.
Jimmy 43
Juno 51 If qty is equally close to 2 price points, we
pick the higher price.
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0%
10%
15%
20%
25%
50%

s, which is between 25 and

% discount. Jessy bought 1
% discount.

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0%
10%
15%
20%
25%
50%

tially, so she gets 15%

12.5. Later she bought 10
al qty bought is 15. Now she
the 10 items and pays -
 Price per
Unit
$50
$46
$43
$40
$35
$30

Price per unit is $43 since 7

$43 as unit price.
t 11 units hence the pirce

se to 2 price points, we
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Payable
212.50
562.50
450.00
50.00
187.50
75.00
450.00
375.00
200.00
375.00
450.00
37.50
412.50
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