A company offers two salary schemes to a new employee

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Problem

A company offers two salary schemes to a new employee. Scheme A: monthly salary starts at ₹10,000 and increases by ₹400 every month. Scheme B: monthly salary starts at ₹8,000 and increases by ₹600 every month. After how many months will the cumulative salary earned under Scheme B be at least ₹30,000 more than that under Scheme A for the first time? (a) 2727 (b) 3030 (c) 3131 (d) 3232

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