Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Test

Chapter

Quantitative Reasoning

Topic

Data Interpretation & Stats

Question:

Various expenditures incurred by a publishing company for publishing a book in 2018 are given in the following pie-chart. Study the chart and answer the question.

Price printed on a book is 15% above the cost price. If the price printed on a book is ₹942, then the cost of paper for a single copy in ₹ is (rounded off to one decimal place)

Options:

₹122.9

₹188.5

₹182.5

₹220.6

Correct Answer:

₹122.9

Explanation:

115% of cost price = 942

Cost price = \(\frac{100}{115}\) × 942 = 819.13

Cost on paper = \(\frac{15}{100}\) × 819.13

= 122.86

= 122.9