From its total income, A sales company spent Rs.20,000 for
advertising, half of the remainder on commissions and had
Rs.6000 left.
What was its total income?

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From its total income, A sales company spent Rs.20,000 for advertising, half of the remainder on c..

Answer / natarajan

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Let the Total Income be X.

20,000 is spend for advertising.
"half of the remainder on commissions"->So, it is expressed as
((X-20000)/2)
6000 remain.

So algebrically,

X=20000 +((X-20000)/2)) + 6000
X-X/2 = 20000-10000+60000

X=32000

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From its total income, A sales company spent Rs.20,000 for advertising, half of the remainder on c..

Answer / guest

32000

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From its total income, A sales company spent Rs.20,000 for advertising, half of the remainder on c..

Answer / nikita

x is total income

x=20,000+x/2+6000
x-x/2=26,000
x=32,000

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From its total income, A sales company spent Rs.20,000 for advertising, half of the remainder on c..

Answer / sunil902

Advertising = Rs. 20,000/-
Half of the Reminder is X.
Left amount is Rs. 6,000/-.
X = 12,000/2 = 6,000/-
Total amount is Rs,32,000/-.

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From its total income, A sales company spent Rs.20,000 for advertising, half of the remainder on c..

Answer / aarthi.gs

Let the total income be X

X = 20000 + X/2 + 6000
X - X/2 = 26000
X/2 = 26000
X = 26000 * 2
X = 52000

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From its total income, A sales company spent Rs.20,000 for advertising, half of the remainder on c..

Answer / ujjwal

Let the total income be X

x=20000+(x-20000)/2+6000
x=50000

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From its total income, A sales company spent Rs.20,000 for advertising, half of the remainder on c..

Answer / k

adv=20000
com=03000 =29000 is the total income
bal=06000

Is This Answer Correct ?    3 Yes 14 No

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