{"id":92302,"date":"2025-06-01T11:20:17","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T11:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?p=92302"},"modified":"2025-06-01T11:20:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T11:20:17","slug":"in-2020-the-medical-expense-of-a-person-increased-by-80-if-his-medi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/in-2020-the-medical-expense-of-a-person-increased-by-80-if-his-medi\/","title":{"rendered":"In 2020, the medical expense of a person increased by 80%. If his medi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 2020, the medical expense of a person increased by 80%. If his medical expense in 2019 was 10% of his salary, then what percent of his salary was the medical expense in 2020?<\/p>\n<p>[amp_mcq option1=&#8221;20%&#8221; option2=&#8221;18%&#8221; option3=&#8221;16%&#8221; option4=&#8221;15%&#8221; correct=&#8221;option2&#8243;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"psc-box-pyq-exam-year-detail\">\n<div class=\"pyq-exam\">\n<div class=\"psc-heading\">This question was previously asked in<\/div>\n<div class=\"psc-title line-ellipsis\">UPSC CBI DSP LDCE &#8211; 2023<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pyq-exam-psc-buttons\"><a href=\"\/pyq\/pyq-upsc-cbi-dsp-ldce-2023.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"psc-pdf-button\" rel=\"noopener\">Download PDF<\/a><a href=\"\/pyq-upsc-cbi-dsp-ldce-2023\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"psc-attempt-button\" rel=\"noopener\">Attempt Online<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"pyq-correct-answer\">\nLet the person&#8217;s salary in 2019 be S.<br \/>\nHis medical expense in 2019 was 10% of his salary, which is 0.10 * S.<br \/>\nIn 2020, the medical expense increased by 80%. The increase amount is 80% of the 2019 expense.<br \/>\nIncrease = 80% of (0.10 * S) = (80\/100) * (0.10 * S) = 0.80 * 0.10 * S = 0.08 * S.<br \/>\nThe medical expense in 2020 is the 2019 expense plus the increase:<br \/>\nExpense in 2020 = (0.10 * S) + (0.08 * S) = 0.18 * S.<br \/>\nTo express this as a percentage of his salary in 2020 (assuming salary remained the same, as implied by the question structure), we have:<br \/>\nPercentage = (Expense in 2020 \/ Salary) * 100%<br \/>\nPercentage = (0.18 * S \/ S) * 100% = 0.18 * 100% = 18%.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"pyq-key-points\">\nThe key is to calculate the increase amount based on the original expense and then add it to the original expense to find the new expense.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"pyq-additional-information\">\nThis is a straightforward percentage calculation problem. If the base for the percentage (salary) changes, the question would specify the change in salary as well. Since it doesn&#8217;t, we assume the salary remains constant relative to which the expense percentage is calculated.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2020, the medical expense of a person increased by 80%. If his medical expense in 2019 was 10% of his salary, then what percent of his salary was the medical expense in 2020? [amp_mcq option1=&#8221;20%&#8221; option2=&#8221;18%&#8221; option3=&#8221;16%&#8221; option4=&#8221;15%&#8221; correct=&#8221;option2&#8243;] This question was previously asked in UPSC CBI DSP LDCE &#8211; 2023 Download PDFAttempt Online &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"In 2020, the medical expense of a person increased by 80%. If his medi\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/in-2020-the-medical-expense-of-a-person-increased-by-80-if-his-medi\/#more-92302\">Detailed Solution<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">In 2020, the medical expense of a person increased by 80%. If his medi<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1086],"tags":[1105,1102],"class_list":["post-92302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upsc-cbi-dsp-ldce","tag-1105","tag-quantitative-aptitude-and-reasoning","no-featured-image-padding"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.2 (Yoast SEO v23.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>In 2020, the medical expense of a person increased by 80%. If his medi<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Let the person&#039;s salary in 2019 be S. His medical expense in 2019 was 10% of his salary, which is 0.10 * S. In 2020, the medical expense increased by 80%. The increase amount is 80% of the 2019 expense. 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His medical expense in 2019 was 10% of his salary, which is 0.10 * S. In 2020, the medical expense increased by 80%. The increase amount is 80% of the 2019 expense. Increase = 80% of (0.10 * S) = (80\/100) * (0.10 * S) = 0.80 * 0.10 * S = 0.08 * S. The medical expense in 2020 is the 2019 expense plus the increase: Expense in 2020 = (0.10 * S) + (0.08 * S) = 0.18 * S. To express this as a percentage of his salary in 2020 (assuming salary remained the same, as implied by the question structure), we have: Percentage = (Expense in 2020 \/ Salary) * 100% Percentage = (0.18 * S \/ S) * 100% = 0.18 * 100% = 18%. 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