The respective ratio between the monthly salary of Neil and that of Dipti is 5 : 6. Neil and Dipti, both save 40% and 25% out of their resp… — Answer & Discussion

The respective ratio between the monthly salary of Neil and that of Dipti is 5 : 6. Neil and Dipti, both save 40% and 25% out of their respective monthly salary. Neil invests all of his savings in LIC and Dipti invests all of her savings in LIC. If Neil invests Rs. 1,750/more than Dipti in LIC, what is Neil's monthly salary ?

ARs. 20,000
BRs 17,500
CRs. 40,000
DRs. 15,000

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CCommunity10 Apr 2019

Solution
let the monthly salary of neil and dipti be 5y and 6y
Now as neil save 40 % of monthly salary and dipti save 25% .so saving of neil = 0.4 x 5y = 2y
Savings of dipti = 0.25 x 6y = 1.5 y
It is given that 2y - 1.5y = 1750
0.5y = 1750
y = 3500
So salary of neil = 5y = 17500

CCommunity10 May 2019