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Question : The average salary of all staff of a school is Rs. 10,000. The average salary of 20 teaching staff is Rs 12,000 and that of non-teaching staff is Rs. 5,000, the number of non-teaching staff will be

Option 1: 7

Option 2: 8

Option 3: 10

Option 4: 12


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Correct Answer: 8


Solution : Average salary of all staff = Rs. 10,000
Average salary of 20 teaching staff = Rs. 12,000
Average salary of non-teaching staff = Rs. 5,000
Let the number of non-teaching staff be $x$.
Total salary of non-teaching staff = Rs. $,5000x$
Total salary of teaching staff = Rs. $12000 \times 20$ = Rs. 2,40,000
Total salary of all staff = Rs. $10000 \times (x + 20)$ = Rs. $(10000x + 200000)$
$⇒ 5000x + 240000 = 10000x + 200000$
$⇒ 40000 = 5000x$
$⇒ x = 8$
∴ The total non-teaching staff is 8.
Hence, the correct answer is 8.

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