Question

increase - rupees 120 by 40% . ​

Answer 1

Answer:

48 is answer.

Step-by-step explanation:

120× 40/100 = 12× 4 = 48

Answer 2

I will teach you a trick to increase or decrease a number by certain percentage:-

Multiplication factor

If you want to increase a number by 20% then

1.simply add 20 to 100 i.e, 120

2.multiply 120/100 to the original number.

like this :-

for example the original number is 5 and we want to increase it by 20% then:-

5x120/100

=>5x6/5 = 6

so, answer is 6

Similarly to increase 40% for 120

then we do

120x140/100

=>12x14=168

•°• 168 is the right answer

hope you understand