Question

Compare $15\%$ of $6800$ and $12\%$ of $7500$, which is more and by how much?

Answer 1

Step 1 Given

$$\begin{gathered} 15\%\mathrm{of}6800 \\ \mathrm{First}\mathrm{find}15\%\mathrm{of}6800 \\ \frac{15}{100}\times 6800 \\ 15\times 68 \\ 1020 \end{gathered}$$

Step 2: Given

$$\begin{gathered} 12\%\mathrm{of}7500 \\ Now\mathrm{find}12\%\mathrm{of}7500 \\ \frac{12}{100}\times 7500 \\ 15\times 75 \\ 900 \end{gathered}$$

Step 3: $15\%\mathrm{of}6800$is more than $12\%\mathrm{of}7500$

Difference =

$$\begin{gathered} =1020-900 \\ =120 \end{gathered}$$

Step 4: Hence, $15\%\mathrm{of}6800$is more than $12\%$ of $7500$ by $120$