Management Aptitude Test 2014 Paper

Question : 108 of 200

Marks: +1, -0

After receiving two successive raises, Ajitha’s salary became equal to 15/8 times of her initial salary. By how much per cent was the salary raised the first time if the second raise was twice as high (in per cent) as the first?

Validate

Solution:

(d) Let, Ajitha’s initial salary = ₹ 100
Now, after raises the salary
= 100 x

15/8=\₹375/2

So, Raises in the salary
=

375/2 - 100 = ₹ 175/2

Let, first raise in salary = x %
and second raise in salary = 2x %
∴ x + 2x =

175/2

⇒ 3x =

175/2

⇒ x =

175/{2×3}

175/6

⇒ x = 29.16667 ≈ 30%
∴ x = 30% (approx)

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