there has been successive increases of 15 % and then 10 % in the price of gas from the previous month . by what percentage should a driver reduce gas consumption so that the expenditure does not change ?
"let p be the original price per unit of gas . let x be the original gas consumption . let y be the reduced gas consumption . y * 1.1 * 1.15 * p = x * p y = x / ( 1.1 * 1.15 ) which is about 0.79 x which is a decrease of about 21 % . the answer is d ."
multiply(subtract(const_1, divide(const_100, add(add(const_100, 15), divide(multiply(add(const_100, 15), 10), const_100)))), const_100)