Dinesh spent $85 %$ of his salary and donated $10 %$ for social work. If he is left with Rs. $1, 250$ at the month end, what is his salary ?

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Let Dinesh's salary is Rs. $x$ .

Then according to the problem, he spent $85 %$ of his salary and donated $10 %$ then remaining is $5 %$ .

Then we have,

$\frac{5 x}{100} = 1, 250$

or, $x = 25, 000$ .

So Dinesh's salary is Rs. $25, 000$ .

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Dinesh spent 85% of his salary and donated 10% for social work. If he is left with Rs. 1,250 at the month end, what is his salary ?

Let Dinesh's salary is Rs. x.Then according to the problem, he spent 85% of his salary and donated 10% then remaining is 5%.Then we have,5x100=1,250or, x=25,000.So Dinesh's salary is Rs. 25,000.

Dinesh spent $85 %$ of his salary and donated $10 %$ for social work. If he is left with Rs. $1, 250$ at the month end, what is his salary ?

Let Dinesh's salary is Rs. $x$ .

Then according to the problem, he spent $85 %$ of his salary and donated $10 %$ then remaining is $5 %$ .

Then we have,

$\frac{5 x}{100} = 1, 250$

or, $x = 25, 000$ .

So Dinesh's salary is Rs. $25, 000$ .