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The cost of an apple is twice that of a banana and the cost of a banana is 25% less than that of a guava. If the cost of each type of fruit increase by 10%, then the percentage increase in cost of 4 bananas, 2 apples and 3 guavas is

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dheeraj kumar shukla  (6 years ago)

apple banana guava
150 75 100 (acc. to the question)

the value of 4 banana + 2 apple + 3 guava = 4x 75 + 2x 150 + 3x100 = 900

=> after increament of 10 % in each

apple banana guava
165 82.5 110

the value of 4 banana + 2 apple + 3 guava = 4x 82.5+ 2x 165 + 3x110 = 990


the increament in value is = 990- 900 = 90

the percentage increament = (90/900) x 100 = 10%

the answer is 10%

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