Salary of an officer increases every year by $20 %$ . His salary in the year $2013$ was Rs. $26640$ . What was his salary in $2012$ ?

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Let his salary be $x$ in the year 2012 be $x$

Then in the Year 2013 his salary is $= x + (\frac{20}{100}) x = 1.2 x$

But we already know salary of year 2013 is 26640,

Hence, $1.2 x = 26640$ ,

$∴ x = 22, 200$

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Salary of an officer increases every year by 20%. His salary in the year 2013 was Rs.26640. What was his salary in 2012?

Let his salary be x in the year 2012 be x Then in the Year 2013 his salary is =x+(20100)x=1.2x But we already know salary of year 2013 is 26640, Hence, 1.2x=26640, ∴x=22,200

Salary of an officer increases every year by $20 %$ . His salary in the year $2013$ was Rs. $26640$ . What was his salary in $2012$ ?

Let his salary be $x$ in the year 2012 be $x$

Then in the Year 2013 his salary is $= x + (\frac{20}{100}) x = 1.2 x$

But we already know salary of year 2013 is 26640,

Hence, $1.2 x = 26640$ ,

$∴ x = 22, 200$