Sakil of Baruipara, divides his land equally for banana and betel-leaf cultivation and earns a total of ₹. 2830. From betel-leaf cultivation, he earned ₹. 630 more than what he got from the banana plantation. Let’s calculate how much he earns for Banana cultivation.

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Concept- Assume x as earnings from banana leaf cultivation. Because the earnings from betel leaf cultivation are greater than those from banana leaf cultivation. We can use it to find the earnings of both and then add them together to get the value of 'x'.
Sakil divides his land equally for banana and betel leaf cultivation in the given statement.
His total income from both is ₹ 2830.
Since we can see in the statement that his earnings from betel leaf are ₹ 630 higher than his earnings from banana plantation. As a result, earning from betel leaf is dependent on earning from banana leaf.
Assume that the earnings from banana cultivation are

.
Then, the earning from betel cultivation will be

Here, his total earning from both is ₹ 2830
Therefore, the sum of earnings from both banana and betel left must be equal to ₹. 2830

Therefore, Sakil earned ₹ 1100 for Banana cultivation
Hence, the correct answer is option 2) ₹ 1100.

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