Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

-- Mathematics - Section B1

Chapter

Probability

Question:

The wholesale price index of sugar in 2015 compared to 2012 is 150. If the cost of sugar was ₹25 per kg in 2012, then cost of 1 kg of sugar in 2015, is :

Options:

₹37.5

₹27.5

₹38.5

₹40.5

Correct Answer:

₹37.5

Explanation:

Let cost of sugar be ₹x per kg in 2015

Then it is given by $150=\frac{x}{25}×100⇒x=\frac{150}{4}$

x = 37.5. Hence price of sugar in 2015.