Practice Test Discussion

Q)

Mehul's monthly salary is one and a half times Shailesh's monthly salary. Prashant's monthly salary is five-fourth of Mehul's monthly salary. If the total of the monthly salaries of all the three is ₹ 183750, what is Prashant's monthly salary?

[United Bank of India (PO), 2010]


  • Explanation

    Let shailesh's monthly income be Rs. x,

    Mehul's monthly income=Rs15x8Prashant's monthly income=Rs15x8          x+3x2+15x8=183750      8x+12x+15x8=183750     35x = 183750×8 x=183750×835 = Rs 42000 Prashant's monthly income         =Rs(158×42000)=Rs78750

    Hence, option B is correct.

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