Question

Shanaya went to the shop and found that the bag of 5 kg sugar increased and now can hold 6 kg of sugar. What is the percentage increase in size?

Answer 1

Answer:

increase in weight holding capacity of the bag = 6kg - 5 kg = 1 kg

initial weight holding capacity = 5kg

then,

percentage increase in size of bag is given by = 1/5 × 100 = 20%