Tarun Sai   9 years AGO

Let actual price of rice be 100
Now it is Increased by 60% i.e.. 100+60=160(New Price)
In order to Obtain old Price
(60/160) *100=75/2% is to reduced.

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Abhishek Anand   9 years AGO

let the initial price of wheat is Rs. 100 and it gets increased by 60%
Now price becomes 100 + 60 = 160
In order to reduce the present cost we have to do 60/160 X 100 = 75/2 % Ans.

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aman aditya   9 years AGO

let number be 100.
after 60% increment=160.
now (60/160)*100=37.5%

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Devendra Marghade   9 years AGO

If original price=x, With 60% increase price becomes x*160/100=8x/5
To restore original price must be reduced by %=
100*[(8x/5)-x]/(8x/5)=75/2
Option 7)

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pooja methi   9 years AGO

i assume the no is 1 when it increased by 12%it become 8/5 now the total is this if i decrease 1 from this it willl be 3/5 that is 75/2 % of 8/5

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Ganesh kumar   9 years AGO

If orginal is 100 let it be. So it becomes 160 now. To make it 100 we should reduce (75/2)%. soooo...................

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Vivek   9 years AGO

Considering the price of rice to be Rs 100 increase in price will be 60% of Rs100 =Rs 60
So total amount = Rs 160
So to reduce to Rs 100 the percentage decrease in price
= 60/160 * 100 = 75/2 %
Therefore the option is 7)

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Sushmita Ghanty   9 years AGO

let previous price was 100
now price is 160
let price reduced by x%, so
160-(160*x/100)=100
or, 16x/100=60
or, x=60*100/16
or,x=75/2

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rahul shaw   9 years AGO

let C.P at first be 100
so new C.P= 160
diff=60
reducing %=(60*100)/160=75/2
option 7

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sanjeev kumar   9 years AGO

suppose original price=x
x+x*(60/100)=(8*x)/5
suppose decreased price=y
(8*x)/5 - ((8*x)/5)*y/100=x
y=75/2%

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sagi sahithi   9 years AGO

Suppose the price of the rice is 100 then, after 60% increase price becomes 160 .To reduce the price to 100 again the price should be reduced by 75/2%.

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Golluru Lalitha   9 years AGO

let original price=100,
if A greater than B by R% then B lesser than a by R/(R+100) %
lly R=increase in price= 60
reduced in new price=R/(R+100)=75/2
decrease in %=75/2

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Md Ehsan   9 years AGO

Initial Rs 100.now it is 160..to restore Rs 100..60 of 160 should be removed i.e60/160*100=75/2%

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Math Lovers   9 years AGO

Let Current price = 100
after 60% rise price = 160
reduction required = 160 - 100 = 60
%age reduction required = 60*100/160 = 75/2 %

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ramya   9 years AGO

Let original price be 100Rs
So new price must be 100+60% of 100=160 Rs
To get the old price, new price must be reduced to (60/160)*100=37.5 i.e 75/2%

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NITESH KUMAR SINGH   9 years AGO

let price be 100 then the new price will be 160.
then to restore to original price we must->60*100/160=75/2%

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Chandrajeet Yadav   9 years AGO

let assume that the new price must be reduced by x% then
160-160*(x/100) = 100
by solving this equation we will get x=75/2
So Answer = 75/2 %

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Rishikesh Ranjan   9 years AGO

let initial price is rs.100;
so now the price of rice will be =100+60= rs.160;
now let the price is reduced by x%;
so, 160-(160*x/100)=100
or, x=75/2

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prerna   9 years AGO

initial:100
now:160
new price must be reduced by :60/160 *100
=75/2%

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UDIT   9 years AGO

100-->(60% increase)160-->100(? % decrease)
?=(60/160)*100=(75/2)%

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saiharsha   9 years AGO

let price=100
increased price=160
x/100 *160=60
x=37.5=75/2%

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Mohit Shrivastava   9 years AGO

After 60% increase the price became 160% of original hence to get back we have to reduce the price by (160-100)*100/160

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Santosh Kumar Kasaudhan   9 years AGO

price increased by 60%
eqn will be=
1.6 *x=1
so
x=1/1.6
now reduced by
1-x
=75/2

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Sanjeeb Chatterjee   9 years AGO

let price per kg be Rs 100
hence price becomes rs 160
ratio is 100/160=5/8
now we reverse this ratio as new price has to be reduced hence 8/5
new price has to be decreased by (8-5)/8 *100=75/2%

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pooja gupta   9 years AGO

let original price=rs100
increase in price=60%
new price=160rs
now,
to restore t0 rs 100, new price must be decreased by rs 60 i.e= 60/160*100%=75/2%

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apoorv gupta   9 years AGO

60% increase in 10 = 10 + 10*(60/100) = 16
To get the original price, we have to decrease new price by 6.
So what percentage of 16 is 6 ?
6 = 16*(x/100)
x = 75/2 %

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Ashwin Dinesh   9 years AGO

Let us assume original price of rice is Rs 100/-.
60% increase means increased price is Rs. 160/-.
Now to reduce it to the original price, we need to subtract Rs 60 from 160.
(60/160)*100 = 75/2
hence option 7) 75/2%

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IYTHA VENKATA RAMAIAH   9 years AGO

Let the price of rice be Rs.100
then rce of 60% be 160.
now bring back to original price we reduce 60 and base value will be 160
=((160-100)/(160))*100=(3/8)*100=37.5 which is option 75/2

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vivek   9 years AGO

Let the price of rice be 100. Thn increased price will be 160. Let x% is reduced from New price to get original price.
160*x/100=60
x=75/2%

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Balaselvaraj M   9 years AGO

let us consider price of rice is Rs.100.
it is increased by 60%,now the price of rice is Rs.160.
to get actual price,Rs.60 must be reduced.
percentage of reduced cost is (60/160)*100=75/2%

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Nsr King   9 years AGO

Let the initial value be 100
after increasing 60% it becomes 160.
To get it back to 100 we need to reduce 60. So 60 in terms of % will be:-
60*100/160=75/2%

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sainath somisetty   9 years AGO

old price: 100
new price: 160
change in price: 60
percentage with respect to 160 is (60/160)*100=75/2%

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ritu yadav   9 years AGO

let initial price be Rs x
then new price that is 60% increased value of initial will be Rs. 1.6x
to restore original price new price should be reduced by
= (1.6x-x)/1.6*100
=75/2%

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THUMMALA VINEESHA   9 years AGO

100/160=0.625
1-0.625=0.375=37.5%=75/2%

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ADITYA KUMAR   9 years AGO

suppose first100 was the price after increaseing by 60% it will be 160. now
let x% has to be reduced in order to restore the original price..
160-(x*160)/100=100
hence x=75/2%

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Deepanshu Chaturvedi   9 years AGO

let initial price be 100
new price is 160
so, reduction in new price to make it back to 100 is 60
percentage is (60/160)*100=37.5% or 75/2%

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shivank garg   9 years AGO

let price of rice=100
then after 60% increment price=160
price increased=160-100=60
price increased percent=60/160*100=75/2

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TARUN CHAUHAN   9 years AGO

we have direct formula for it
if 'A' value increase by r% then 'B' value will decrease by (r/(100+r)*100) % in order to keep expenditure same.

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sommya   9 years AGO

since the total increase is 60% so to reduce it original price

formula used - (R/R+100)
60/(60+100) = 75/2 % ANS

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Murali Krishna.P   9 years AGO

let the price be 100.
60% increase=160
and to restore same price, 100-60/160*100=75/2%

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Durga Prasad Mahato   9 years AGO

if initial price of rice =100
after increment 60% it will be 160
then,
to restore the original price we have to reduce 160 into 100
so we have to reduce 60
and 60 is the 75/2% of 160
hence we have to reduce 75/2% to restore price from increased price.

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pravin kumar   9 years AGO

old price =160/100*new price
so old price = 0.625new price
75/2% will be the reduction

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siddhi datri   9 years AGO

let the initial price be Rs100.
increased price=Rs100+60=160
Therefore reduced %=160-100/160*100=75/2

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kumaravel   9 years AGO

Increase in price(d) = 60%
d/(d+100)*100=60/(160)*100=75/2%

Ans:75/2%

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Prabhat Burnwal   9 years AGO

100*(1+60/100)*(1-x/100)=100
calculate the value of x

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santosh kumar patel   9 years AGO

Let original price = Rs 100
increase price = rs 160
Decrease on rs 160 = rs 60
Decrease on rs 100 = (60/160*100)%
=75/2%

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Shiva Sharma   9 years AGO

let 100 rs is starting price
increase by 60% so 160
now decrease by x% to regain 100 rs
so x=37.5

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lavanya   9 years AGO

Reduction in price=(( R/(R+100))*100 )%
= (60/160)*100 %
=75/2 %

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Pratyay   9 years AGO

If the old price is Rs. 100, new price is Rs. 160. So, 60*100/160 % = 37.5% must be reduced to get the previous price.

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SAURABH SINGH   9 years AGO

initial price : new price = 5:8
in order to restore itmust be 8:5 = 3*100/8%
=75/2%

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raj   9 years AGO

let price is 100 rs now,so increased price is 160.now, for restoring the price the reduced price is 100*100/160=125/2%.
so total reduced %age is 100-125/2=75/2%

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Tarang gupta   9 years AGO

let the price be X rs.
after 60 % increase new price will be X+.6X=1.6X

price deducted to get again price X will be rs .6X

so will be = (.6X/1.6X)*100=600/16=75/2%

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banupriya   9 years AGO

if price is increased by 1/n then it will be decreased by
(1/n+1) to return back to original.
so 60% means 3/8,it will be decreased by 3/8+1,so 37.5

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Kshitiz Khandelwal   9 years AGO

let rate be x
after increase in price
x + 60% of x = 1.6 x

to get old price again
60% of x / 1.6 x * 100= 75/2%

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archana   9 years AGO

if price increased by r% then (r/100+r.100)%
(60/100+60 .100)% = 75/2%

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akanksha prakash   9 years AGO

let the original price= Rs 100
then ,60% of 100= Rs 60
therefore new price = Rs 160
to restore the original price : Rs(160-100)=Rs 60 must be reduced .
therefore % reduction = (60/160)*100
=75/2
=37.5%

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srikanth   9 years AGO

let original price is 100 it increased by 60% then new value must be 160 but we have to reduce it to maintain the original price then we have to find out percentage of increase
ie 160-100/160*100=75/2
ie 37 1/2

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keerthi   9 years AGO

let price is 100
it is increased by 60% then it is 160...
to get the original price we have to reduce 160 to 100
(60/160)*100 = 75/2 %

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Manikanta   9 years AGO

let price of rice is 100 then
the increased price by 60% then the new price is 160
1% of new price is 1.60 so the percent increased to compensate the old price is 100-(100/1.6)=37.5=(75/2)

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vikas kulshrestha   9 years AGO

old price=160/100*new price
new price =100/160=0.625*100
reduction=37.5%

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Surabhi Yadav   9 years AGO

Let original price be 100
% increased by 60%
Therefore 160
160-100=60
60/160*100=
75/2%

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shravan kumar   9 years AGO

let 100/- be the original price
when it was increased by 60% i.e., 160/-
now 160 should be reduced to 100
so 37.5%
option 7

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tadimarri jyothi   9 years AGO

cost of rice =Rs.100 say
so,cost of rice after increment=Rs.160
now.. price of Rs.160 rice should be decreased to original amount==>Rs.100
% in decrement in cost=(1-(100/160))*100=37.5%=75/2%

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VARUN DUTT   9 years AGO

let original price is 100
new price 160
to bring back the increased price to 100 it shud be decreased by 75/2 %
160-x/100*160=100
solve x

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Nikhil Gajjala   9 years AGO

ex: let original price=100
60% of 100=60
new price=100+60=160
np-op=160-100=60
reduce %=60*100/160=75/2

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Tru Jan   9 years AGO

160:60
100:?

37.5 = 75/2

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bhavini   9 years AGO

new cost price becomes 1.6 of original and hence profit is calculated

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punnapu swetha   9 years AGO

if price of rice=100
it increased 60%=160
to get old price=60*100/160=75/2

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vishal varma   9 years AGO

let us take rice cost to be 100:
given that it rised to 60% r8 60% of 100=60
so total will b 160
v asked that ? % of new price must be reduced to make it original r8 160-100%
100-?% by cross multiplying v get x=125/2
now v asked how much it must be removed so 100-125/2 =75/2

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shiva   9 years AGO

the cost of rice is 100 and after increacsed by 60% its cost is 160
then to restore the original price the rice cost must be reduced by
(100-(100/160*100))
=37.5
i.e., 75/2

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rejju   9 years AGO

new price =160/-
to reduce it to original price the % is 37.5%

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Anubrata Bhowmick   9 years AGO

let us consider the original price to be 100..
after increase.. price 160
need to decrease..60

new price must be reduced by.. (60/160)*100 = 75/2

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kartik dolas   9 years AGO

let initial price be 100 rs.
then it is increased by 60%
finaly so final cost is 160
for bringing it to original price we have to decrease by 60/160*100
=75/2

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Swapnil Gupta   9 years AGO

suppose the initial price of rice is 100/- and then after 60% increment it becomes 160 now to restore the original price we must decrease 60 from 160 which is equal to 75/2% of 160.hence, 7th option is the answer.

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Puja Dhar   9 years AGO

let, the previous price was 100. then after 60% increment of price it would be a60.. let x% should be reduced. then,
160-160*x=100
or, x=(75/2)%

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Sagar Wadjikar   9 years AGO

Let initial be 100 so 60% increment means 160 now we have to make it again 100 so (60/160)*100 is the ans. i.e 75/2%

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Archie   9 years AGO

New Price is 60% more than hence to reach original price must reduce by (60/(100+60))*100 = 75/2%
i.e. option 7

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Aditya Grover   9 years AGO

suppose initial price is Rs. 100, increased price is Rs. 160. To get it back to 100, we have to reduce it by (60/160)*100 = 75/2 %

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Chitra.S   9 years AGO

To reduce price Use formula n/d=n/d+n
60/100=60/160
Hence,75/2%
option(7).

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rahul bhartiyam   9 years AGO

let the price of the rice=100,it's rate is increased by 60% that means it's new price is 160,160*x%=60.by which we found the answer is 75/2%

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Prakhar Sandhu   9 years AGO

Let the original price be x
Then after increment, price =8x/5
Let the reduction in new price be y
Then 8x/5-y=x
so y=3x/5

so now (3x/5) /(8x/5)*100=75/2%

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priya saxena   9 years AGO

suppose initial price is 100 rs.then after increasing it by 60% new price will be 160 rs.to restore original price i.e. 100rs the new price 160rs will be reduced to 75/2% see the solution
160-160*x/100=100
16x/10=60
x=600/16=75/2%

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Vishal   9 years AGO

using formula for effective % change: where eff. change =0;
so 0 = x+y+xy/100
x=60 we get y = -75/2 %
so decrease by 75/2%

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G Mounika   9 years AGO

Let the initial price of rice= Rs X.
It is increased by 60%
That means New price of rice = X+(60% of X) = 16X/10.
In order to restore the original price , the new price must be reduced by Y%.
so
(16X/10) - Y% of 16X/10 = X
6X/10 = Y % of 16X/10
6X/10 = (Y/100) * (16X/10)
by solving this Y= 75/2 %.

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