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Aptitude · Q84

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Competitive Exams · Aptitude · question 84

Q84

A population of variety of tiny bush in an experiment field increased by 10% in the first year, increased by 8% in the second year but decreased by 10% in third year. If the present number of bushes in the experiment field is 26730, then the number of variety of bushes in beginning was:

A.
35000
B.
27000
C.
25000
Answer
D.
36000

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
Let the number of bushes originally be 100
Number of bushes after one year
100 ==10% (↑) ==> 110
After second year it becomes
110 ==8%(↑) ==> 118.8
After third year,
118.8 ==8%(↓)==> 109.3
Now, according to the question
109.3 = 26730
1 =
So, 100 =    = 25000
Thus, number of bushes originally was 25000

NOTE:
You can take number of bushes originally as x then solve for the x