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The cost of food accounted for 25% of the income of a particular family. If the income gets raised by 20%, then what should be the percentage point decrease in the food expenditure as a percentage of the total income to keep the food expenditure unchanged between the two years?

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Important Questions on Percentages

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If the length, breadth and height of a cube are decreased, decreased and increased by 5%, 5% and 20% respectively, then what will be the impact on the surface area of the cube?
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Aman's salary is first increased by 25% and then decreased by 20%. The result is the same as Baman's salary increased by 20% and then reduced by 25%. Find the ratio of Baman's initial salary to that of Aman's initial salary.
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A person saves 5% of his income. Two years later, his income shoots up by 20%, but his savings remain the same. Find the hike in his expenditure.
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In a garment shop, there are four types of shirts namely, w, x, y, z. There are 20% more shirts of type 'x' than type 'w'20% less shirts of type 'x' than type 'y' and there are 30% more shirts of type 'z' than type 'x'. If there are 156 shirts of type 'z', then find the total number of shirts. 
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Two numbers A and B are 20% and 28% less than a third number C. Find by what percentage is the number B less than the number A.
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Seema goes to a shop to buy a radio costing 2568. The rate of sales tax is 7% and the final value is rounded off to the next higher integer. She tells the shopkeeper to reduce the price of the radio so that she has to pay 2568 inclusive of sales tax. Find the reduction needed in the price of radio.
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A company has 'n' employees in 2011. In 2012, 20% of the employees left the company while no one was hired. In 2013 and 2014, the number of employees again grew by 50% and 15% respectively. In 2015, the company fired 280 employees and at the end of 2015, the percentage increase in the number of employees from 2011 was found to be 10%. Find the number of employees at the end of year 2015.
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In the mock CAT paper at Mindworkzz, questions were asked in five sections. Out of the total students, 5% candidates cleared the cut-off in all sections, and 5% cleared none. Of the rest, 25% cleared only one section and 20% cleared four sections. If 24.5% of the entire candidates cleared two sections and 300 candidates cleared three sections, find out how many candidates appeared at the mock CAT at Mindworkzz?