Question
The stock of rice in a shop has increased by 25%. What
percentage of the stock of rice should be sold so that the stock again becomes as much as it was in the beginning?Solution
According to the question, let the rice be 100 kg. On increasing by 25% the quantity of rice becomes 125 kg, hence, to keep the rice at the same quantity as before, 25 kg of rice must be sold, hence the percentage sold, = (25 /125) ×100=20%
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