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Originally Posted by sibgakhan
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3-Salma spent 1/10 of her income on clothes, 1/10 of the remaining on food, and 1/3 of the remaining on rental. if she left with Rs. 648 what is her total income?
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Let the income be x. Then 1/10 or 0.1 of the income will be spent on clothes so x-0.1x. The remainder is 0.90x. 1/10 of the remainder (0.9x) is 0.09x which was spent on food. So the remainder is 0.90x-0.09x = 0.81x. 1/3 of 0.81x = 0.27x which was spent on rental. So the equation becomes;
1x - 0.1x - 0.09x - 0.27x = 648
0.54x = 648
x= 648/0.54 = 1200
So the total income in Rs. 1200.