Farm Tax is levied on the 75% of the cultivated Land. The tax department collected total $ 3840 through the farm Tax from the village of Mr. william. Mr. william paid only $ 480 as farm tax. The percentage of total land of Mr. willam over the total taxable land of the village is :
Choose the correct choice:
A) 15%
B) 25%
C) 0.125%
D) 0.2083%
E) 16.667%
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)x100 =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 (100/75) = 16.667%   The correct answer is (16.667%).
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Farm Tax is levied on the 75% of the cultivated Land. The tax department collected total $ 3840 through the farm Tax from the village of Mr. william. Mr. william paid only $ 480 as farm tax. The percentage of total land of Mr. willam over the total taxable land of the village is :