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To enhance learning process I introduce alternative approach.

• create list with discounts breakpoints
  
• create list with discounts
  
• iterate pairwise and find where purchased quantity is less than discount breakpoint:
  - if found - assing discount and break out of loop
  - if not found (no-break) - assign maximum discount
  

This has some advantages - if discounts/breakpoints change you need to change only appropriate list and all code logic will remain the same:

purchased = 99 

quantities = [10, 20, 50, 100]
discounts = [0, 20, 30, 40, 50]

for quantity, discount in zip(quantities, discounts):
    if purchased < quantity:
        applied_discount = discount
        break
else:               # no-break
    applied_discount = discounts[-1]

print(applied_discount) -> 40