Study the data carefully and answer the following question. The table below shows the production of four crops on a farm in one year. Next year, the farmer plans to keep the total production the same (660 tonnes). He decides to:
a) Increase wheat production by 25%
b) Double the production of pulses
c) Adjust only rice and maize production, reduced equally in tonnes, so that the total production remains 660 tonnes. What will be the rice production next year?

ATQ, Current productions: Wheat = 240 → increased by 25% New wheat = 240 × 1.25 = 300 tonnes Increase = 300 – 240 = +60 tonnes Pulses = 90 → doubled New pulses = 90 × 2 = 180 tonnes Increase = 180 – 90 = +90 tonnes Total increase due to wheat and pulses = 60 + 90 = 150 tonnes To keep the overall total at 660 tonnes, rice and maize together must decrease by 150 tonnes, shared equally: Decrease for rice = 150 / 2 = 75 tonnes New rice production = 180 – 75 = 105 tonnes