Question

Siddharth saves 20% of his salary. If he recivesrs. 14500 per month as his salary, find his monthly expenditure.

Answer 1

$$\begin{gathered} \mathrm{Monthly}\mathrm{salary}=\mathrm{Rs}14500 \\ \mathrm{Now},\mathrm{savings}=20\%\mathrm{of}14500=\frac{20}{100}\times 14500=\mathrm{Rs}2900 \\ \mathrm{Now},\mathrm{expenditure}=14500-2900=\mathrm{Rs}11600 \end{gathered}$$