Question

if price of sugar decrease by 20% then a person can buy 5Kg more sugar, but the expenditure remains constant.find the initial consumption

Answer 1

Answer:

Let initial price be Rs.10/kg , New price would become 12/kg .

Initial expenditure of the family = Rs.100 , New Expenditure is Rs.110

Therefore ( New Expenditure / New Price ) = 110/12 = 9.16 Kg .

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Answer 2

Answer:

Correct Answer:

Rs.18

Let the intial expenditure

= 100 units

Increase in consumption=2080=14

5→New/4→Original

Ofiginal Price=36×1000/4×500

[∴500gm=500/1000kg]

Original Price = Rs.18/kg.