Question

1. A boy who was asked to find 3% of a sum of a money misread the question and found 8% of it, his answer was 72. What should have been the correct answer ? why define your answer
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Answer 1

Answer:

0.27

Step-by-step explanation:

By cross multiplication method-

if 8%= 72 then 100%= ?

100%= 100×72/8

=720/8

=90

Now if,

100%= 90

then,

3%= 3×90/100

= 270/100

=0.27