SOLUTION: The price of 5 kg of sweets was rs.180. The price has gone up such that the price of 4 kgs of sweet is now rs.180. What is the percentage increase in price?
Question 523235: The price of 5 kg of sweets was rs.180. The price has gone up such that the price of 4 kgs of sweet is now rs.180. What is the percentage increase in price? Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! 5kg ---Rs180
1kg=36
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4kg-----Rs.180
1 kg =45
increase = 45-36=9
9/36=x/100
100*9/36
=25% increase
