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by shew » Mon May 20, 2013 6:39 am
Two persons Raj and Ramu started working for a company in similar jobs on January 1, 1991. Raj's initial monthly salary was Rs 400, which increases by Rs 40 after every year. Ramu's initial monthly salary was Rs 500 which increases by Rs 20 after every six months. If these arrangements continue till December 31, 2000. Find the total salary they received during that period.


A.Rs 1,08,000


B.Rs 1,44,000


C.Rs 1,32,000


D.Rs 1,52,400
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by Jim@StratusPrep » Tue May 21, 2013 6:31 am
Are you familiar with how to calculate the sum of a consecutive sequence?

# Terms x (Average of the first and last terms)
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