Question

If the length of a rectangle is increased by 25 percentand the width is decreased by 20 percent, then the area of the rectangle is ?Select one:a. Unchangedb. Increased by 10 percentc. Increased by 5 percentd. Decreased by 5 percent

Answer 1

Answer:

Let length be 10

And breadth be 10

Area 100

Now length is increased by 20%

New length 12

And breadth is decreased by 10%

New breadth is 9

New area is 12*9=108

Change in area 108-100= 8

So overall area increases by 8%

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