Quantitative Aptitude Ques 299

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Data Related to Books Sold Through Online Mode and Offline Mode in a City Year Number of books sold (in thousands) (Online mode + Offline mode) Percentage of books sold through online mode Respective ratio of number of non-fiction books sold to number of fiction books sold (Online mode + Offline mode) 2010 690 40 2 : 3 2011 720 57.5 4 : 5 2012 945 60 7 : 8 2013 1240 75 1 : 3 2014 1600 79 3 : 5 In the year 2013, out of the total number of books sold in the fiction category, 4/15th of the books sold were written by Indian authors. Numbers of books written by the foreign authors in the fiction category form, what per cent of the total number of books sold (non-fiction and fiction category together) in the year 2013?

Options:

A) 62%

B) 55%

C) 65%

D) 60%

E) 52%

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Answer:

Correct Answer: B

Solution:

  • Total number of books sold in year 2013 = 1240 Number of fiction books sold $ =1240\times \frac{3}{4}=930 $ Number of books written by Indian authors $ =930\times \frac{4}{15}=62\times 4=248 $ Number of books written by foreign authors $ =930-248=682 $

$ \therefore $ Required percentage $ =,\frac{682}{1240},\times ,100 $ % $ =,55 $ %