Father reduced the quantity of food bought for the family by 10% when he found that the cost of living had increased 15%. Thus the fractional increase in the family food bill is now

a

\(\frac{1}{12}\)

b

\(\frac{6}{35}\)

c

\(\frac{19}{300}\)

d

\(\frac{7}{200}\)

e

\(\frac{5}{100}\)

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adebukola09
6 years ago

can someone please elucidate more on this question..

Abakpadavid05
5 years ago

My school 1-90/100=0.1 and not 0.9

Abakpadavid05
5 years ago

Dera 10% reduction ie 100-10/100

s.samuel
2 years ago

1-90/100 =10/100
The whole thing is not adding up

EllaMillerAchi
3 years ago

I don't understand 😕

Akachukwu
1 year ago

It work because they seem directly proportional to itself
And the fractional increase will be decrease due to no gain in loss 🤔

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