Farm Tax is levied on the 50% of the cultivated Land. The tax department collected total $ 3840 through the farm Tax from the village of Mr. willam. Mr. willam paid only $ 480 as farm tax. The percentage of total land of Mr. willam over the total taxable land of the village is :
Answers:
A) 15 % B) 25 % C) 0.125 % D) 0.2083 % E) none

Rationale: only trick n this question is to ignore 50 % information as farm tax is levied uniformly in the village and that includes mr william ' s land . what percentage of tax mr william paid ? this will be equal to the percentage of total cultivated land he holds over the total cultivated land in the village . that leads to ( 480 / 3840 ) x 100 = 12.5 % in percentage terms . but the question asks ratio between his total land to total cultivated land . hence the answer is 12.5 % x ( 100 / 50 ) = 25 % and the answer is not there in the options . the correct answer is ( b ) .
Answer: B