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One year ago, the ratio between Mahesh’s and Suresh’s salaries was 3 : 5. The ratio of their individual salaries of last year and present y…

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One year ago, the ratio between Mahesh’s and Suresh’s salaries was 3 : 5. The ratio of their individual salaries of last year and present year are 2 : 3 and 4 : 5 respectively. If their total salaries for the present year are Rs. 43000, what is the present salary of Mahesh?

ARs. 19000
BRs. 18000
CRs. 16000
DRs. 15500

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CCommunity29 Jun 2019

Let Mahesh’s previous year salary be 3x

Suresh’s previous year salary be 5x

Mahesh’s present year salary = 3x × 3/2 = 9x/2

Suresh’s present year salary = 5x × 5/4 = 25x/4

25x/4 + 9x/2 = 43000

⇒ x = Rs. 4000

Present salary of Mahesh = 9 × (4000/2) = Rs. 18000