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Finding Increase or Decrease Percentage in Situations

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The price of an article increased from ₹ 16 to ₹ 20, find the percentage increase. [2 Marks]

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Increased amount of article = 20 - 16 = ₹ 4
$Hence, percentage increase = \frac{4}{16} \times 100 = 25 % . . . . [2 Marks]$

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