Q14 of 52 Page 117

As a result of continuous publicity on harmful reactions in the use of cold drinks filled, bottles, the number of users of cold drinks is decreased by 25% every year in comparison to its previous year. 3 years before number of users of cold drink in a town was 80000. Let us write by calculating, the number of users of cold drink in the present year.

The number of users of cold drink in the town 3 years before was 80000.


Let present number of users of cold drink be x.


At present the number of users of cold drink


By the condition,



x = 33750


The number of users of cold drink in the present year is 33750.


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