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?

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Let the sum paid to Y per week be Rs. z .

Then, z + 120% of z = 550.

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⟹ z +	120	z = 550

⟹ z =	❨	550 x 5	❩ = 250.
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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?

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