3. A person received a monthly salary hike of 20% and the hike was Rs.2000. What was his monthly salary
before this hike in salary?
Please tell
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Let the previous salary be x.
It is given that the present salary of the man is Rs.3,000 after the increase in salary by 20%, therefore, we have:
20% of x+x=Rs.3000
⇒
100
20
×x+x=3000
⇒
5
x
+x=3000
⇒
5
x
+
5
5x
=3000
⇒
5
x+5x
=3000
⇒6x=3000×5
⇒6x=15000
⇒x=
6
15000
⇒x=2500
Hence, his salary before the increase was Rs.2,500.
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