{"id":"cs-multi-year-discount-math-three-options","audience":"executives","category":"support-work","technique":"verification","track":"support","level":"advanced","title":"Compare 1-year, 3-year and 3-year prepaid pricing with the math","free":false,"task":"Compare the options for the CFO. Write a first line exactly \"Sutton Rail pricing\", then exactly four lines starting \"1-year x 3:\", \"3-year annual:\", \"3-year prepaid:\" and \"Saving:\". Show the math on each, like \"$60,000 x 3 = $180,000\". Apply the discounts in the order described. Plain text, under 80 words.","materialLabel":"Your material (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"RENEWAL PRICING, Sutton Rail (current annual fee $60,000)\nOption 1: renew for 1 year at $60,000, three times in a row (assume no increase).\nOption 2: 3-year commitment, billed annually. The multi-year discount is 8% off the annual price, each year.\nOption 3: the same 3-year commitment, paid upfront in one payment. Take the 3-year total from Option 2, then apply an extra 3% prepay discount to that total.\nAll prices in USD.\n\nHelper: 8% off $60,000 = $55,200 per year. 3 x $55,200 = $165,600. 3% off $165,600 = $4,968.\nSales note: 'The 3% prepay applies to the list price, not the discounted total.' (Wrong for this deal.)\nCFO question: how much do we save versus renewing one year at a time?","rules":[{"type":"plainText"},{"type":"maxWords","max":80}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Applying 3% to the list price","why":"The sales note says the prepay discount uses list price.","fix":"Say: \"Apply the 3% to the discounted 3-year total.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Missing a saving figure","why":"The AI states only one saving.","fix":"Say: \"Saving: both versus 1-year x 3.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"No working shown","why":"The AI states totals without arithmetic.","fix":"Say: \"Show the math on each line.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Getting markdown back","why":"AI adds bold and headings by default, which show up as stray symbols where this is pasted.","fix":"Say \"plain text, no bold, no headings, no asterisks\".","checks":["plainText"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting and usually runs long, so a vague \"keep it short\" lands well over the limit.","fix":"Cap each part instead of the total, for example \"each line under 15 words\".","checks":["maxWords"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Asks for plain text","patterns":["plain","no bold","no markdown","no formatting","no headings"]},{"label":"Sets a length limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)","under \\d+"]},{"label":"Names the lines","patterns":["1-year x 3:","3-year annual:","3-year prepaid:","saving:"]},{"label":"States the order","patterns":["order","discounted total","8%","3%"]}],"hint":"Stacked discounts depend on order. State the order, the base for the second discount and the lines to write.","rubricLabels":["The first line is exactly \"Sutton Rail pricing\", 1-year x 3 shows $180,000, and 3-year annual shows $55,200 per year and a 3-year total of $165,600","3-year prepaid applies 3% to $165,600: $165,600 - $4,968 = $160,632","Saving shows $180,000 - $165,600 = $14,400 for annual billing and $180,000 - $160,632 = $19,368 for prepaid"]}