The price of wheat has increased by 35%. Nikhil has decided to spend only 8% more than what he initially did on buying wheat. What is the percentage decrease in Nikhil's wheat consumption?

Explanation

Let the initial price of Nikhil be Rs. 100 per unit and Nikhil's consumption be 10 units. e e ∴ Initial amount spent = 100 × 10 = Rs. 1,000 New price of wheat = 135% of 100 = Rs. 135 and new total amount spent = 108% of 1000 = Rs. 1,080 ∴ New consumption = 1080/135 = 8 units ∴ Decrease in consumption = 10 - 8 = 2 unit ∴ % decrease = 2/10 × 100 = 20%