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    Posted by Anjali on June 23, 2023 at 7:43 am

    A coolie deposits Rs 150 per month in his post office Savings Bank account. If this is 15% of his monthly income, find his monthly income.

    Anjali replied 1 year, 10 months ago 1 Member · 1 Reply
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  • Anjali

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    June 23, 2023 at 7:44 am

    Let the monthly income of a coolie be ‘x’

    Here, coolie deposits Rs 150 per month which is 15% of his monthly income

    From the above we can derive that,

    x × (15/100) =150

    Which implies, x = (150 × 100) / 15

    x = 15000/15

    x = 1000

    ∴ Monthly income is Rs 1000

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