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Q. The price of sugar increases by 20%, by what % house-wife should reduce the consumption of sugar so that expenditure on sugar can be same as before.

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naagar  (12 years ago)

simple trick: (r/r+100)*100
here r = 20

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AKSHAT PANDEY  (13 years ago)

if initially the price of sugar was Rs.100, so now it reached to Rs.120. So, a house-wife can procure only 5/6kg of sugar in Rs.100. Hence, the consumption would be reduced by 16.67%

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Saranya Kumar  (14 years ago)

Let x kg be the initial consumption.. Now the consumption should be reduced by 5/6...
Reduction = x - (5x/6) = x/6... % reduction = (1/6)*100= 16.67(answer)...

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Tijo Jose  (14 years ago)

By 16.67%

The consumption must then only be 83.33% of original (0.833333333... * 1.2 = 1)

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uma  (9 years ago)

the raised price of sugar=125/100 of the original price
hence the householder must consume =100/125 of original amount.
reduction=1-100/125=25/125=1/5 of the original amount=1/5*100 %=20% ans

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Sunil Tanwar  (14 years ago)

house wife should reduced the consumption by 16.67%

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Saranya Kumar  (14 years ago)

Let original comsumption be xkg.. Now the comsumption should be 5/6 th of x... i.e 5x/6 kgs...

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Vadivelan M  (14 years ago)

16.66

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Vadivelan M  (14 years ago)

16.67

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vara lakshmi  (14 years ago)

the answer is 20%

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chitra  (11 years ago)

A B
20
20/120*100=16.666%

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Billal Hossain  (9 years ago)

ans: 16.67%
Solution: {20/(100+20)}*100
=16.67%

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Nandini Chattopadhyay  (9 years ago)

Can u please solve it 2 variable

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bharat oraon  (8 years ago)

16.67% . use this concept . 100 ->(20% rise)-> 125 ->(16.67% fall)-> 100

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simarjit kaur  (8 years ago)

let the price of sugar 100, its increased by 20% .. i.e 120
(20/120)*100=16.67...

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Akansh  (7 years ago)

Suppose 1000g buy in 100
Then new cost for 1000g is 120Rs
Now in 1 Rs-->1000/120 gm
In 100 Rs--> 1000*100/120
=833.33
So new quantity in 100 Rs 833.3
So reduction in consumption=1000-833.33=166.66gm
So % decrease in consumption 166.66*100/1000=16.66%

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