Question

Fill in the blanks to make the statement true: If the price of sugar is decreased by $20\%$, then the new price of $3kg$ sugar originally costing $₹120$ will be _________

Answer 1

Calculate the new price of the sugar

Given, original price of sugar $=₹120$

Percentage decrease in sugar price $=20\%$

Amount of decrease $=20\%\mathrm{of}120$

Let the new price be $x$

So, $\mathrm{new}\mathrm{price}=\mathrm{original}\mathrm{price}-\mathrm{decrease}$

$$\begin{gathered} \Rightarrow x=120-(\frac{20}{100}\times 120) \\ \Rightarrow x=120-24 \\ \Rightarrow x=₹96 \end{gathered}$$

Therefore, the new price of $3kg$ sugar will be $₹96$.