Sol.

Let the third number be = 100

I II III
120 150 100
Then, 120 100
150  = 80%
26. Two numbers are respectively
25% and 20% less than a third
number. What percent is the
first number of the second?
Sol. Let the third number is 100
I II III
75 80 100
Required % = 75 100
80  =
3 93 %
4
27. If Goutam's height is 10% more
than seema's height, by how
much percent is seema's height
less than of Goutam's?
Sol. Required % =  
10 100
100 10  
=
1000
110 =
100
11 =
1 9 %
11
Alternate:-
100
110
+10
Seema’s
Goutam’s
Required % = 10 100
110 
=
1 9 %
11
28. Two numbers are respectively
30% and 40% more than a third
number. What percentage is
the first of the second ?
Sol. Let third number is 100.
Then,
I II III
130 140 100
Required% = 130 100
140  =
6 92 %
7
29. Two numbers are respectively
20% and 50% less than a third
number. What percentage is
the first of the second ?
Sol. Let third number is 100
I II III
80 50 100
Required% = 80 100
50  = 160%
30. In a library, 30% of the books
are in Hindi. 40% of the remain#ing are in French and 60% of the
remaining are in Spanish. The
remaining 8400 books are in
English languages. What is the
total number of books in library?
Sol. Let the total no. of books = x
then,
 x ×
100 – 30
100
      ×
100 – 40
100
     
×
100 – 60
100
      = 8400
 x ×
70
100 ×
60
100 ×
40
100 = 8400
x = 50,000
So, the total no. of books
= 50,000
Alternate:-
Hindi 30%
French 40%
Spanish 60%
30
100
40
100
60
100
=
=
=
=
=
=
3
10
2
5
3
5
Total Remaining
10 7
5 3
5 2
125 21
×400 ×400
50,000 8400
5
1
So, the total no. of books = 50,000
31. The price of rice is increased by
40%. If the expenditure on rice
has to be kept the same as ear#lier. Find the ratio between the
reduction in consumption and
the original consumption?
Sol. 40 2 40%
100 5
 
Initial Price Final Price
5 7
Cons. 7 –2 5
Required ratio =
Reduction
Initial
= 2 : 7
Alternate:-
Let the initial expenditure = 100
100
140
–40% +40%Vikas Kumar
Required ratio =