Question

the price of an article has been increased by 20% by how much percent the new price be reduced the two return its original price​

Answer 1

Answer: 83.333%

Explanation:

Let P be the original price, If the price is incresed by 20% the total price becomes 120% of P.

This is also 1.20P

Percentage Reduction = (Original Price / New Price) * 100

Percent Reduction=(P÷1.20P)*100

2 of the P's in the equation cancel out so the equation becomes

Percent Reduction=(1÷1.20)*100

After Calculating The Percent reduction to Go back the the original price is 83.333%