SOLUTION: The price of an item went up by 15%. The percentage of reduction that a family should effect in the use of cooking oil so as not to increase the expenditure on this account is?

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Question 984899: The price of an item went up by 15%. The percentage of reduction that a family should effect in the use of cooking oil so as not to increase the expenditure on this account is?
Answer by t0hierry(194)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
It seems some information is missing. How much of that item does the family need for cooking?
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