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    Question

    L’s income is 125 percent of M’s income and L’s

    expenditure is 120 percent of M’s expenditure. If L’s income is 180 percent of M’s expenditure, then what is the respective ratio of L’s savings and M’s savings?
    A 12 : 5 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B 17 : 23 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C 5 : 9 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D 15 : 11 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    ATQ, Let M expenditure = x L expenditure = 120% of x = 1.2x L income = 180% of x = 1.8x L saving = 1.8x - 1.2x = 0.6x L income = 125 % of M income M income = 1.44x M saving  = 0.44x The ratio of the saving of L and M = 0.6x : 0.44x or 15:11

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