Target Exam

CUET

Subject

-- Applied Mathematics - Section B2

Chapter

Numbers, Quantification and Numerical Applications

Question:

A book consisting of 2000 pages has 540 misprints distributed randomly throughout the book. The average number of misprints in one page of the book is :

Options:

0.0005

0.002

0.27

0.027

Correct Answer:

0.27

Explanation:

$\text{Total pages}=2000.$

$\text{Total misprints}=540.$

$\text{Average number of misprints per page}=\frac{540}{2000}.$

$=0.27.$

$\text{Average misprints per page}=0.27.$