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+# Book Store
+
+To try and encourage more sales of different books from a popular 5 book
+series, a bookshop has decided to offer discounts on multiple book purchases.
+
+One copy of any of the five books costs $8.
+
+If, however, you buy two different books, you get a 5%
+discount on those two books.
+
+If you buy 3 different books, you get a 10% discount.
+
+If you buy 4 different books, you get a 20% discount.
+
+If you buy all 5, you get a 25% discount.
+
+Note: that if you buy four books, of which 3 are
+different titles, you get a 10% discount on the 3 that
+form part of a set, but the fourth book still costs $8.
+
+Your mission is to write a piece of code to calculate the
+price of any conceivable shopping basket (containing only
+books of the same series), giving as big a discount as
+possible.
+
+For example, how much does this basket of books cost?
+
+- 2 copies of the first book
+- 2 copies of the second book
+- 2 copies of the third book
+- 1 copy of the fourth book
+- 1 copy of the fifth book
+
+One way of grouping these 8 books is:
+
+- 1 group of 5 --> 25% discount (1st,2nd,3rd,4th,5th)
+- +1 group of 3 --> 10% discount (1st,2nd,3rd)
+
+This would give a total of:
+
+- 5 books at a 25% discount
+- +3 books at a 10% discount
+
+Resulting in:
+
+- 5 x (8 - 2.00) == 5 x 6.00 == $30.00
+- +3 x (8 - 0.80) == 3 x 7.20 == $21.60
+
+For a total of $51.60
+
+However, a different way to group these 8 books is:
+
+- 1 group of 4 books --> 20% discount (1st,2nd,3rd,4th)
+- +1 group of 4 books --> 20% discount (1st,2nd,3rd,5th)
+
+This would give a total of:
+
+- 4 books at a 20% discount
+- +4 books at a 20% discount
+
+Resulting in:
+
+- 4 x (8 - 1.60) == 4 x 6.40 == $25.60
+- +4 x (8 - 1.60) == 4 x 6.40 == $25.60
+
+For a total of $51.20
+
+And $51.20 is the price with the biggest discount.
+
+## Implementation
+
+Define a single Go func, Cost, which calculates the cost
+for a given list of books based on the defined discounts.
+
+Use the following signature for func Cost:
+
+```
+func Cost(books []int) int
+```
+Cost will return the total cost (after discounts) in cents.
+For example, for a single book, the cost is 800 cents, which equals $8.00.
+Only integer calculations are necessary for this exercise.
+
+
+
+## Running the tests
+
+To run the tests run the command `go test` from within the exercise directory.
+
+If the test suite contains benchmarks, you can run these with the `--bench` and `--benchmem`
+flags:
+
+ go test -v --bench . --benchmem
+
+Keep in mind that each reviewer will run benchmarks on a different machine, with
+different specs, so the results from these benchmark tests may vary.
+
+## Further information
+
+For more detailed information about the Go track, including how to get help if
+you're having trouble, please visit the exercism.io [Go language page](http://exercism.io/languages/go/resources).
+
+## Source
+
+Inspired by the harry potter kata from Cyber-Dojo. [http://cyber-dojo.org](http://cyber-dojo.org)
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.