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The given bar chart represents the number of Televisions Sets (TV) manufactured (in thousands) and the respective percentage of those TV Sets sold by five different companies A, B, C, D and E in 2015. Study the chart carefully and answer the question that follows. The average number of TV sets sold by companies C and D is what percentage of the number of TV sets manufactured by company E? Express your answer correct to one place of decimal. |
86.5% 92.2% 90.5% 89.1% |
90.5% |
TV sold by C & D = \(\frac{82}{100}\) × 70 + \(\frac{56}{100}\) × 85 = 57.4 + 47.6 = 105 Average of TV sold by C & D = \(\frac{105}{2}\) = 52.5 TV sets manufactured by E = 58 Required percentage = \(\frac{52.5}{58}\) × 100 = 90.5% |