If the length of a rectangle is increased by 14.28 percent, then by how much percentage its breadth should be reduced to keep the area same?
Question: If the length of a rectangle is increased by 14.28 percent, then by how much percentage its breadth should be reduced to keep the area same? Answer: 2. 12.5 percent Solutions:Area of rectangle be x. length be y. breadth be z. new breadth be z1.then x=yzx=(1.1428y)(z1)=yzz1=1/1.1428=0.875z1-1=0.125percentage= 12.5