{"id":162664,"date":"2024-02-17T13:50:12","date_gmt":"2024-02-17T08:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=162664"},"modified":"2024-02-17T13:50:13","modified_gmt":"2024-02-17T08:20:13","slug":"salary-of-arun-is-1-5-lakhs-if-salary-of-arun-is-increased-by-2k-and-then-decreased-by-k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/salary-of-arun-is-1-5-lakhs-if-salary-of-arun-is-increased-by-2k-and-then-decreased-by-k\/","title":{"rendered":"Salary of Arun is 1.5 lakhs. If salary of Arun is increased by 2k%, and then decreased by k%"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Q. Salary of Arun is 1.5 lakhs. If salary of Arun is increased by 2k%, and then decreased by k%, and salary of Himanshi is increased by k%, after that both realized that net increment in salary of both (in Rs.) is same. Find the value of (3k + 167), if salary of Arun is 400% more than that of Himanshi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A.123<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>B.234<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>C.287<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>D.250<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>E. None of these<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ans: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Salary of Arun = Rs. 150000<br>Salary of Himanshi = Rs. 150000\/5 = Rs. 30000<br>Now,<br>30000 x k\/100 = 150000 x (2k \u2013 k \u2013 2k x k\/100) x<br>1\/100<br>1\/5 = 1 \u2013 k\/50<br>k\/50 = 4\/5<br>value of k = 40<br>required value = (3 x 40 + 167) = 287<br>Hence answer is option C<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q. Salary of Arun is 1.5 lakhs. If salary of Arun is increased by 2k%, and then decreased by k%, and salary of Himanshi is increased by k%, after that both realized that net increment in salary of both (in Rs.) is same. 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