Mrs Lee was given $1200 every month for the household expenses.She used 17/24 of it to buy food for the family, 5/7 of the remainder for clothes and other expen

Question

Mrs Lee was given $1200 every month for the household expenses.She used 17/24 of it to buy food for the family, 5/7 of the remainder for clothes and other expenses.She put the remaining money into the bank as savings for

the family.Find the amount she put into the bank ?

Answer 1

(17/24)(1200) = $850 

So the remainder at this stage was $350; 5/7 of this is $250 spent on clothes & other things.

Therefore savings was $100.