SOLUTION: A civil servant gets a salary of 100 usd monthly. He spends 1/2 of the salary on rice, 1/4 on beans, and 2/4 of the remainder on meat. What is the fraction of the salary spent on m
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Question 1031797: A civil servant gets a salary of 100 usd monthly. He spends 1/2 of the salary on rice, 1/4 on beans, and 2/4 of the remainder on meat. What is the fraction of the salary spent on meat? Answer by Cromlix(4381) (Show Source):
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100 usd monthly
100 x 1/2 = 50 (rice)
50 usd left
50 x 1/4 = 12.5 (beans)
50 - 12.5 = 37.5 usd left
37.5 x 1/2 (2/4)
= 18.75 (meat)
Leaving 18.75 usd.
Fraction of pay
spent on meat.
18.75/100 x 100
= 18.75%
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