ibps-so 2019 · Question 289 of 300

A plot mortgaged to the bank was resurveyed and the two sides of it were found to have been recorded wrongly. The length of a rectangle is increased by 20 per cent and its breadth is diminished by 20 per cent. What is the resulting change in its area?

1. AAn increase of 4 per cent
2. BA decrease of 2 per cent
3. CNo change whatever
4. DA decrease of 6 per cent
5. EA decrease of 4 per centCorrect