Question

A girl spent 15% of her monthly income on clothing. Of the remaining, she spent on travel and food in the ratio of 5:4. If the difference of the income spent on travel and food is Rs.612, then find her monthly income.

Q: Answer-A girl spent 15% of her monthly income on clothing. Of the remaining, she spent on travel and food i...

Let her income be 100. Remaining income 100 - 15 85 Let the money spent on travel and food be Rs. 5x and Rs. 4x respectively. Now, according to question, gt 5x ndash 4x 612 gt x 612 Total money spent on travel and food together 9x 5508 gt 85 --- 5508 gt 100 ----- 6480 Therefore her income is Rs. 6480.