Percentage Practice Test 4 with solutions

Question : 38 of 40

Marks: +1, -0

The price of garlic has been increased by 40%. In order to keep the expenditure on garlic the same, the percentage of reduction in consumption has to be:

27%
28.55%
26%
25.55%
25.25%

Validate

Solution:

Let x = 40%
∴ Required reduction per cent

=x/{100+x}×100%

=40/{100+40}×{100%}=28.55%

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