Question

The combined salaries of 'Arvind' and 'Bhanu' amount to

Q: Answer-The combined salaries of 'Arvind' and 'Bhanu' amount to Rs. 20,000. 'Arvind' utilized 80% of his sal...

ATQ, Let the salaries of Arvind be Rs. a Therefore, salary of Bhanu Rs. 20,000 - a According to the question, 0.2a 0.4 20000 - a 6500 Or, 0.2a 8000 - 0.4a 6500 Or, 0.2a 1500 Or, a 15000.2 7500 Therefore, expenditure of Arvind 0.8a 0.2 7500 Rs. 6,000 Expenditure of Bhanu 0.6 20000 - a 0.6 12500 Rs. 7500 Required 7500 - 6000 6000 100 25

Rs. 20,000. 'Arvind' utilized 80% of his salary, while 'Bhanu' spent 60% of his salary, resulting in the sum of their savings being Rs. 6,500. Determine the percentage by which the expenditure of 'Bhanu' differs from that of 'Arvind.'

A 25%

B 15%

C 22%

D 18%

E none of these

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