Data Interpretation Ques 198

Directions : The following questions are based on a piechart and a table. The pie chart deals with percentagewise distribution of sales of mobile phones of three brands by a store $X$ in the year 2013 where as the table deals with the ratio of respective sales. You are required to study the pie-chart and the table carefully to answer the questions.

Percentage-wise Distribution of sales of mobile phones by 6 stores- A, B, C, D, E and F.

Total number of mobile phones sold $\mathbf{=} \mathbf{6 6 0 0 0}$

Ratio of mobile phones sold by all stores

Stores Nokia Samsung HTC
Brands
A $2:$ $3:$ 2
B $6:$ $5:$ 5
C $3:$ $3:$ 2
D $5:$ $2:$ 2
E $3:$ $3:$ 5
F $7:$ $6:$ 7

The respective ratio between the number of Samsung brand mobile phones sold by stores $E$ and $F$ is

(1) $187: 110$

(2) $291: 117$

(3) $117: 291$

(4) $110: 187$

(5) None of these

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Correct Answer: (4)

Solution: (4)

Sales of Samsung brand phones :

Store $E \Rightarrow 66000 \times \frac{11}{100} \times \frac{3}{11}$ $=1980$

Store $F \Rightarrow 66000 \times \frac{17}{100} \times \frac{6}{20}$ $=3366$

Required ratio $=1980: 3366$ $=330: 561=110: 187$



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