Question

The price of sugar reduced from rs 18per kg to rs 16.40 per kg . Find the percentage in the price of sugar

Answer 1

Dear Student,
Assuming your question to be finding the percentage change in the price of sugar, the following is the solution.
Percentage Change= Difference/Original*100
= $\frac{18-16.4}{18}*100$
= $\frac{160}{18}=8.88\%$
Thus percentage change is 8.88%.
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