In a village, the production of food grains increased by 40% and the per capita production of food grains increased by 27% during a certain period. The percentage by which the population of the village increased during the same period is nearest to
Correct Answer :
10
Solution :
Correct Option: C
Let the initial production be p, population be x and the initial per capita consumption be c.
As p = (c)(x), we can say-
Finally, production became 1.4p and per capita consumption became 1.27c.
Therefore, population (x) increased by approximately 10%.
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