document.write( "Question 29341: A reduction of 10% in the price of tea enables a dealer to purchage 25kg more tea for Rs 22500.What is the reduced price per kg of tea? What was the original price per kg? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #844366 by greenestamps(13200)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! \n" ); document.write( "For the fixed price of Rs 22500, if the price is reduced by a factor of 9/10 then the amount he can buy for that price increases by a factor of 10/9. \n" ); document.write( "Let x be the number of kg he could buy at the original price. Then \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "At the original price, he could buy x=225 kg of tea; at the reduced price he can buy x+25=250 kg. \n" ); document.write( "The original price per kg was Rs 22500/225 = Rs 100. \n" ); document.write( "The reduce price per kg was Rs 22500/250 = Rs 90. (Or, the reduce price per kg was 90% of Rs 100, which is Rs 90.) \n" ); document.write( "ANSWERS: \n" ); document.write( "reduced price per kg: Rs 90 \n" ); document.write( "original price per kg: Rs 100 \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |