From its total income, A sales company spent Rs.20,000 for advertising, half of the remainder on commissions and had Rs.6000 left. What was its total income?

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1. THIS IS THE BEST ANSWER.
   Let the Total Income be X.
   20,000 is spend for advertising.
   “half of the remainder on commissions”->So, it is expressed as
   ((X-20000)/2)
   6000 remain.
   So algebrically,
   X=20000 +((X-20000)/2)) + 6000
   X-X/2 = 20000-10000+60000
   X=32000

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2. 32000

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