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Two tailors X and Y are paid a total of Rs. 550 per week by their employer. If X is paid 120 percent of the sum paid to Y, how much is Y paid per week?
Answer: Option B
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Let the sum paid to Y per week be Rs. z.
Then, z + 120% of z = 550.
\(z+\frac{120}{100}z = 550.\)
\(\frac{11}{5}z=550.\)
\(z=\left(\frac{550\times5}{11}\right) = 250.\)
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