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Answer:
In order to give the same value for money as Tim's idea, Jane has to reduce the price by 25%
Step-by-step explanation:
The given parameters are;
Cost of each box of breakfast cereal = 3 pounds
Amount of cereal in each box of breakfast cereal = 160 g
160 g of cereal = 100%
25% of one box of cereal = 25% of 160 g = (25/100)×160 g= 40 g
Given that Jane wants her idea to give the same value of money as Tim's idea, we have;
160 g of cereal costs 3 pounds
1 g of cereal will cost 3/160 pounds
40 g of cereal will cost 40*3/160 = 3/4 pounds
Therefore, the percentage 3/4 pound is of 3 pounds = [tex]\dfrac{\frac{3}{4} }{3} \times 100 = 25 \%[/tex]
Which gives, Jane has to reduce the price by 25% to give the same value for money as Tim's idea.
To give the same value of money as Tim's idea, she need to reduce the price by 20%.
Given that:
Cost of one box of breakfast cereal is 3 pounds.
Weight of 1 box of cereal is 160g.
Tim's idea is to put 25% more cereal.
Let Jane's idea is to reduce price by x pounds such that the value of the item is same as that after applying Tim's idea.
Value in case of Tim's idea:
[tex]160g + \dfrac{160 \times 25}{100} \: \: in \: \: 3 \: pounds\\\\200g \: \: in \: \: 3 pounds\\1g \: \: in \: \: \dfrac{3}{200} \: pounds[/tex]
Value in case of Jane's idea:
[tex]160g \: \: in \: \: (3-x) \: pounds\\\\1g \: \: in \: \: \dfrac{(3-x)}{160} \: pounds\\[/tex]
Since values have to stay same, thus we have:
[tex]\dfrac{3}{200} = \dfrac{3-x}{160}\\\\\dfrac{12}{5} = 3-x\\\\5x = 3\\\\x = \dfrac{3}{5}\\\\x = 0.6 \:pounds[/tex]
To calculate percentage, we can do as follows:
[tex]\begin{aligned}percentage &= \dfrac{x \times 100}{3}\\&= \dfrac{60}{3}\\&= 20\end{aligned}[/tex]
Thus, to give the same value of money as Tim's idea, she need to reduce the price by 20%.
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