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Banking Sample Paper IBPS Clerk (Main) Sample Paper Test-1

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    Direction: The following pie-charts give the values of the sales and expenses of five companies -A, B, C, D and E - as a percentage of the total sales and expenses of these five companies put together.
    Note: (i) Profit = Sales - Expenses (ii) Profit Percentage = (Profit/Expenses) \[\times \]100 (iii) No company made a loss.
     

    If the total expenses was Rs. 550 crore and overall percentage of all the five companies put together was 56%, what was the sales of Company B?

    A)  Rs. 141.5 crore             

    B)  Rs. 161.5 crore             

    C)  Rs. 171.6 crore 

    D)  Rs. 165.7 crore             

    E)  Rs. 159.6 crore

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    Total sales of all the companies together =\[\text{Expense}\times \frac{(100+\text{Profit}%)}{100}\] \[=\frac{550\times 156}{100}=Rs.\,858\,crore\] \[\therefore \] Sales of Company \[B=858\times \frac{20}{100}\] = Rs. 171.6 crore


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