Question

ques: what is the monthly salary of my father? statements: a) my father's and my mother's salary are in the ratio 5:2 b) my mother's salary is 40% of that of my fathers salary

Answer 1

It can be anything of the form 5,2; 10,4;...,1000,400; Cause 2 is basically 40% of 5

Answer 2

Answer:

Can not determine.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given,

Father's and mother's salary ( monthly ) are in the ratio 5:2,

Let the salary of Father = 5x,

The salary of mother = 2x

Where, x is any positive real number,

Also, mother's salary is 40% of that of father's salary

That is,

2x = 40% of 5x

Since, by this equation,

We can not find the value of x,

Thus, additional information is needed to find the salary of Father.