Confusing Salaries....!
Algebra
Level
2
One year ago, the ratio between Ram and Shyam's salary was 3:4. The ratios of their individual salaries between last year's and this year's salaries are 4:5 and 2:3 respectively. at present the total of their salary is Rs 4160. The salary of Ram is...?
The answer is 1600.
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1 solution
Let 3x be ram's salary and 4x shyam's salary last year
Ram's present salary will be 3x X 5/4= 15x/4
Shyam's present salary will be 4x X 3/2=12x/2
Therefore ratio of ram and shyam present salary is 15x/4:12x/2
Simplifying the ratio 15x/4: 24x/4
The present ratio of salary is 15:24 or 5:8
If the total salary is 4160 then ram salary is 5/13 x 4160 = 1600