Question

$25$ meters of cloth costs Rs $1,012.50$.What will be the cost of $20$ meters of cloth of the same type?

Answer 1

Given

Cost of $25$ metre cloth $=Rs1012.50$

Hence the cost of $20$ meter cloth can be calculated as below

Cost of $1$ meter cloth $=Rs1012.50/25$

Cost of $20$ meter cloth $=Rs20\times 1012.50/25$

$=Rs810$

∴ Cost of $20$ meter cloth is Rs $810$