If the pice of sugar rises from Rs. 6 per kg to Rs. 7.50 per kg, a person, to have no increase in his expenditure on sugar, will have to reduce his consumpion of sugar by

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Let original consumption = 100 kg and new consumption = x kg, So, 100 * 6 = x * 7.50 => x = 80kg Reduction in consumption = 20%.

If the pice of sugar rises from Rs. 6 per kg to Rs. 7.50 per kg, a person, to have no increase in his expenditure on sugar, will have to reduce his consumpion of sugar by

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