Seema spends 20% of his monthly salary on house-rent, 25% on food, 10% on transportation, 15% on education of his children and 18% on household expenses. He saves the remaining amount of 4800. What is her monthly salary?
Question
Seema spends 20% of his monthly salary on house-rent, 25% on food, 10% on transportation, 15% on education of his children and 18% on household expenses. He saves the remaining amount of 4800. What is her monthly salary?
Solution
To solve this problem, we need to understand that the percentages given for different expenses add up to a certain percentage of the total salary. The remaining amount is what Seema saves.
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First, let's add up all the percentages of Seema's expenses: 20% (house-rent) + 25% (food) + 10% (transportation) + 15% (education) + 18% (household expenses) = 88%.
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This means that Seema spends 88% of her salary and saves the remaining part. If she saves 4800, this represents 100% - 88% = 12% of her salary.
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Now, we can set up a proportion to find out her total salary. If 12% is 4800, then 100% (which represents her total salary) is X. We can write this proportion as: 12/100 = 4800/X.
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Solving for X gives us X = (4800 * 100) / 12 = 40000.
So, Seema's monthly salary is 40000.
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