Question

In a farm, no.of employee are increased by 25% and per person wages decreased by 25%. if from this wages is decreased bu x% , then what is the value of x ?
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Answer 1

Answer:

Let the number of workers =x wage per employee = Rs. y.

Then total wages = Rs. xy.

Number of workers after increase =1.25× Reduced wage per employee = Rs. 0.75y

∴ Total wages =1.25x× Rs. 0.75y=0.9375xy.

∴ Required % decrease =

xy

xy−0.9375xy

×100

=0.0625×100

=6.25

=

4

25

%