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Income spent on several heads as percents of income or of the remainder: savings or a head's amount

This type of question, asked 2 times: 3 Feb 2022 Tier II, 8 Aug 2022 Tier II. All 2 questions below, oldest first.

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  1. Question 1

    3 Feb 2022 Tier II

    46
    The monthly salary of a person was ₹1,60,000. He used to spend on three heads — Personal and family expenses (P), Taxes (T) and Education loan (E). The rest were his savings. P was 50% of the income, E was 20% of P, and T was 15% of E. When his salary got raised by 30%, he maintained the percentage level of P, but E became 30% of P and T became 20% of E. The sum of the two savings (in ₹) is:

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  2. Question 2

    8 Aug 2022 Tier II

    63
    Raju spends 10 percent and 20 percent of his income on transport and food respectively. He spends 30 percent of the remaining income on clothing . He saves rest of his income. If his saving is ₹26460,then what will be total expenditure on food and clothing together?

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