The price of cooking oil has increased by $15 \%$. The percentage of reduction that a family should effect in the use of cooking oil so as not to increase the expenditure on this account is:

  • A
    $15 \frac{2}{23} \%$
  • B
    $13 \frac{1}{23} \%$
  • C
    $17 \frac{1}{23} \%$
  • D
    None of these

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