Question

The reduction of 16.67% in the price of


sugar enables a person to buy 2.5 kg more sugar


for Rs. 560. What is the original price of sugar?

Answer 1

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

Original Price of Sugar is Rs. 32.2  

Step-by-step explanation:

Let x be the original Price of sugar and y be the original Quantity of sugar.

Then we have,

xy = 560 ...........(1)

According to the question,

$(x-\frac{16.67}{100}x)(y+2.5)=560$

$xy-\frac{1667}{10000}xy+2.5x-\frac{1667\times2.5}{10000}x=560$

$560-\frac{1667}{10000}\times560+2.5x-\frac{1667\times25}{100000}x=560$

$-93.4+2.5x-0.4x=$

2.9x = 93.4

x = 32.2

Therefore, Original Price of Sugar is Rs. 32.2