A family's monthly budget is ₹48,000, divided among food, rent, education, savings and other expenses. If they want to increase their savings by 20% next month without any change in the total budget, how much additional savings will they need next month compared with the current month? [Pie chart — monthly budget; segment values: 30%, 25%, 20%, 15%, 10%; legend: food, rent, education, savings, other. As per the key arithmetic (₹2,400 = 20% × 25% × 48000), the savings segment is 25%. Host and link the original chart image at publication.]

Subject: Mathematics | Topic: Statistics | Difficulty: MEDIUM

Options

1. (A) ₹2,800
2. (B) ₹2,000
3. (C) ₹3,000
4. (D) ₹2,400

Verified Answer

Option (D): ₹2,400

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