Mr. Ashok spends 50% of his income. If his income is increased by 40% ...
Problem:
Mr. Ashok spends 50% of his income. If his income is increased by 40% and expenditure increased by 20%, what is the percentage increase in his savings?
Solution:
Step 1: Understand the problem
The problem statement mentions that Mr. Ashok spends 50% of his income. This means that he saves the remaining 50% of his income. We need to find the percentage increase in his savings when his income is increased by 40% and expenditure is increased by 20%.
Step 2: Find Mr. Ashok's income and expenditure
Let us assume that Mr. Ashok's income is 'x'. As per the problem statement, he spends 50% of his income, which means his expenditure is also 50% of his income.
- Income = x
- Expenditure = 50% of x = 0.5x
- Savings = Income - Expenditure = x - 0.5x = 0.5x
Step 3: Find Mr. Ashok's new income and expenditure
As per the problem statement, Mr. Ashok's income is increased by 40%. This means his new income is 1.4x. Similarly, his expenditure is increased by 20%. This means his new expenditure is 1.2 times his old expenditure i.e., 1.2(0.5x) = 0.6x
- New Income = 1.4x
- New Expenditure = 0.6x
- New Savings = New Income - New Expenditure = 1.4x - 0.6x = 0.8x
Step 4: Find the percentage increase in savings
To find the percentage increase in savings, we need to calculate the difference between old and new savings and express it as a percentage of old savings.
- Old Savings = 0.5x
- New Savings = 0.8x
- Difference = New Savings - Old Savings = 0.8x - 0.5x = 0.3x
- Percentage Increase = (Difference / Old Savings) x 100
- Percentage Increase = (0.3x / 0.5x) x 100 = 60%
Step 5: Interpret the result
The percentage increase in Mr. Ashok's savings is 60%. This means that his savings have increased by 60% of his old savings.