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.

• simple trick: (r/r+100)*100
  here r = 20
• 12 years agoHelpfull: Yes(24) No(15)
• 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%
• 13 years agoHelpfull: Yes(16) No(2)
• 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)...
• 14 years agoHelpfull: Yes(15) No(13)
• By 16.67%
  
  The consumption must then only be 83.33% of original (0.833333333... * 1.2 = 1)
• 14 years agoHelpfull: Yes(7) No(5)
• 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
• 9 years agoHelpfull: Yes(5) No(2)
• house wife should reduced the consumption by 16.67%
• 14 years agoHelpfull: Yes(3) No(4)
• Let original comsumption be xkg.. Now the comsumption should be 5/6 th of x... i.e 5x/6 kgs...
• 14 years agoHelpfull: Yes(1) No(2)
• 16.66
• 14 years agoHelpfull: Yes(1) No(4)
• 16.67
• 14 years agoHelpfull: Yes(1) No(2)
• the answer is 20%
• 14 years agoHelpfull: Yes(0) No(15)
• A B
  20
  20/120*100=16.666%
• 11 years agoHelpfull: Yes(0) No(1)
• ans: 16.67%
  Solution: {20/(100+20)}*100
  =16.67%
• 9 years agoHelpfull: Yes(0) No(0)
• Can u please solve it 2 variable
• 9 years agoHelpfull: Yes(0) No(0)
• 16.67% . use this concept . 100 ->(20% rise)-> 125 ->(16.67% fall)-> 100
• 8 years agoHelpfull: Yes(0) No(0)
• let the price of sugar 100, its increased by 20% .. i.e 120
  (20/120)*100=16.67...
• 8 years agoHelpfull: Yes(0) No(0)
• 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%
• 7 years agoHelpfull: Yes(0) No(0)