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The wages of labourers in a factory has increased in the ratio 22:25 and their number is decreased in the ratio 3:2. What was the original wage bill of the factory, if the present bill is 5000?

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Important Questions on Ratio, Proportion and Variation

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The monthly salaries of two persons are in the ratio of 1:7. If each receives an increase of 2500 in the salary, the ratio is altered to 4:13. Find their respective salaries.
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The ratio of boys to girls in a class is 5:3. The class has 16 more boys than girls. How many girls are there in the class?
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X, Y and Z play cricket. X's runs are to Y's runs and Y's runs are to Z's runs as 3:2. They score a total of 342 runs. How many runs did Z make?
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In a school, 5% of the number of girls is equal to 110 of the number of boys. Find the ratio between the number of boys to the number of girls. 
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2 men and 4 boys can do a piece of work in 10 days, while 4 men and 5 boys can do it in 6 days. Men and boys are paid wages according to their output. If the daily wage of a man is 40, then find the daily wage of a boy.
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The ratio of the economy and business class fares between two airports is 4:1 and that of the number of passengers travelling by economy and business classes is 1:40. If on a day 1100 are collected as total fare, find the amount collected from the business class passengers.
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In an innings of a cricket match, three players X, Y and Z scored a total of 580 runs. If the ratio of the number of runs scored by X to that scored by Y was 3:2 and the number of runs scored by Y to that scored by Z was 5:2, find the number of runs scored by X?
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If the work done by p men in (p+2) days is to the work done by (p+4) men in (p-1) days is in the ratio 1:1, then find the value of p.