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A shepherd had n goats in the year 2000. In 2001 the no. of goats increased by 40%. In 2002 the no. of goats declined to 70%. In 2003 the no. of goats grew by 30%. In 2004, he sold 10% goats, and then he had only 34398 goats. The percentage increase of the no. of goats in this duration was:

Option: 1

14.66%


Option: 2

16.66%


Option: 3

20%


Option: 4

33.33%


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There is no need to use the no of goats i.e (34,398). let initially thete be 1000 goats then
$\begin{aligned} & 1000 \cdots>1400 \cdots>980 \ldots>1274 \ldots>1146.6 \\ & \text { Thus the } \%\text { increase }=\frac{1146.6-1000}{1000} \times 100=14.66 \%\end{aligned}$
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Ajit Kumar Dubey

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