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preparing for Government jobs as well as for Bank jobs. Our team will try
to write some very helpful articles related to various shortcut techniques
related to the aptitude. Here in this post we will share various shortcut
techniques for percentage

Shortcut 1: If we increased any value by x % and then decreased by y %.

Then the resulting effect in percent will be: + x + y + xy /100.
Various Examples related to this Percentage Short cuts are given
below:
Example 1: The price of goods is marks 20% more than the real price by
the shopkeeper. After that the shopkeeper allowed a discount of 10%. Now
What profit or loss did the shopkeeper will get?
Solution: We solve this as follow by using the percentage shortcut1 as
follow:
The Loss (or) Profit he will get is = 20 10 + (+20)(-10)/100
= + 8% (profit).
Example 2: Side of the square is increased by 30%. Find the percentage
increase in area.
Solution: Here we again use the percentage shortcut 1.
So the increased area percentage = 30 + 30 + (30)(30)/100
= 69 % (increased).
Example 3: Radius of the circle is decreased by 20%. What will be the
percent change in area of the circle?
Solution: Therefore by using the percentage shortcut1:
The Percent change in area of circle is= - 20 - 20 + (-20)(-20)/100
= -36% (decreased)
Example 4: The price of a car is increased by 15% than after that again
decreased by 15%. What will be the percent change?
Solution: The percent change is = + 15 - 15 + (+15)(-15)/100
= - 2.25 % (decreased)
Example 5: Length of a rectangle is increased by 40% and breadth of the
rectangle is decreased by 40%. Find change in area.
Solution: By using the formula of percentage shortcut given above:
The percent change in area of rectangle is= 40 - 40 + (-40)(+40)/100
= -16 %( decreased)