The price of patrol went up by 25%. In order that expenses on patrol should not increase. One must reduce travel by

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Q. The price of patrol went up by 25%. In order that expenses on patrol should not increase. One must reduce travel by

(A) 25%

(B) 20%

(D) 15%

Correct Answer - Option(B)

Explanation:

In such type of questions we follow short trick which is.
(Price up% x 100)/price up%   100
25 x 100/100 25
2500/125
20%
Hence option B is correct.

You can follow this trick for price up % questions.

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