Question

Due to an increase in the price of sugar by 25 percent,by how much per cent must be a householder decrease the consumption of sugar so that there is no increase in the expenditure on sugar

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Answer 1

Answer:

Let the price before increase be Rs.100

Then , as the tpercentage increase =25%

Therefore, increase in price =

100

25

×100

=Rs.25

Therefore increased price =Rs.125

Therefore the percentage by which house wife should decrease the consumption be(

125

25

×100)%

=20%