Percentage Practice Test 3 with solutions

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The price of rice is reduced by 2%. How many kilograms of rice can now be bought for the money which was sufficient to buy 49 kg of rice earlier?

51 kg
50 kg
49 kg
48 kg

Validate

Solution:

Let original price of the rice = Rs. 100 per kg
Hence, reduced price of the rice = Rs. 98 per kg.
Let x kg of rice is now available for the same price, then

x×98=100×49

∴x={100×49}/98=50\kg

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