A farmer obtained a yielding of $1720$ bags of cotton last year. This year she expects her crop to be $20 %$ more. How many bags of cotton does she expect this year?

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Yield $= 1720$ bags, Per cent Increase $= 20$
Increase in yield $=$ Yield $+ 20$ % of Yield $= 1720 + (\frac{20}{100}) \times 1720 = 2064$
$∴$ The farmer expects $2064$ bags this year.

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A farmer obtained a yielding of 1720 bags of cotton last year. This year she expects her crop to be 20% more. How many bags of cotton does she expect this year?

Yield =1720 bags, Per cent Increase =20Increase in yield = Yield +20% of Yield=1720+(20100)×1720=2064∴ The farmer expects 2064 bags this year.

A farmer obtained a yielding of $1720$ bags of cotton last year. This year she expects her crop to be $20 %$ more. How many bags of cotton does she expect this year?

Yield $= 1720$ bags, Per cent Increase $= 20$
Increase in yield $=$ Yield $+ 20$ % of Yield $= 1720 + (\frac{20}{100}) \times 1720 = 2064$
$∴$ The farmer expects $2064$ bags this year.