Percentage
- The difference of two numbers is 45% of their sum. The ratio of the larger number to the smaller number is
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Let the numbers be p and q and p is greater than q.
Then p – q = 45% of (p + q)⇒ p – q = 45 (p + q) 100 ⇒ p – q = 9 (p + q) 20
⇒ 20p – 20q = 9p + 9q
Correct Option: C
Let the numbers be p and q and p is greater than q.
Then p – q = 45% of (p + q)⇒ p – q = 45 (p + q) 100 ⇒ p – q = 9 (p + q) 20
⇒ 20p – 20q = 9p + 9q
⇒ 20p – 9q = 20q + 9q
⇒ 11p = 29q⇒ p = 29 or 29 : 11 q 11
- Two numbers are respectively 20% and 50% more than a third number. The ratio of the two numbers is
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Let the third number be 100.
∴ First number = 120
Second number = 150Correct Option: C
Let the third number be 100.
∴ First number = 120
Second number = 150∴ Required ratio = 120 = 4 or 4 : 5 150 5
- Two numbers are in the ratio 2 : 3. If 20% of the smaller number added to 20 is equal to the sum of 10% of the larger number and 25, then the smaller number is
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Let the numbers be 2k and 3k.
According to the question,20 × 2k + 20 100 = 10 × 3k + 25 100 ⇒ 2k + 20 = 3k + 25 5 10
Correct Option: A
Let the numbers be 2k and 3k.
According to the question,20 × 2k + 20 100 = 10 × 3k + 25 100 ⇒ 2k + 20 = 3k + 25 5 10 ⇒ 2k - 3k = 25 - 20 5 10 ⇒ 4k - 3k = 5 ⇒ k = 50 10
∴ The smaller number = 2k = 100
- The ratio of the number of boys to that of girls in a school is 4 : 1. If 75% of boys and 70% of the girls are scholarship holders, then the percentage of students who do not get scholarship is
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Let the number of boys and girls be 4k and k respectively.
Number of boys who hold scholarship = 75 × 4k = 3k 100 and number of girls who hold scholarship = 70 + k = 7k 100 10 Number of students who do not hold scholarship = 5k - 3k - 7k = 2k - 7k 10 10 Number of students who do not hold scholarship = 20k - 7k = 13k 10 10
Correct Option: D
Let the number of boys and girls be 4k and k respectively.
Number of boys who hold scholarship = 75 × 4k = 3k 100 and number of girls who hold scholarship = 70 + k = 7k 100 10 Number of students who do not hold scholarship = 5k - 3k - 7k = 2k - 7k 10 10 Number of students who do not hold scholarship = 20k - 7k = 13k 10 10 The required percentage 13k = 10 × 100 5k The required percentage = 13k × 100 = 26% 10 × 5k
- The ratio of the number of boys and girls in a college is 3 : 2. If 20% of boys and 25% of girls are adults, the percentage of those students who are not adults, is
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Let the number of boys and girls in the college be 3k and 2k respectively.
Number of minor boys = 3k × 80 = 12k 100 5 Number of minor girls = 2k × 75 = 3k 100 2 Total number of minor students = 12k + 3k 5 2
Correct Option: C
Let the number of boys and girls in the college be 3k and 2k respectively.
Number of minor boys = 3k × 80 = 12k 100 5 Number of minor girls = 2k × 75 = 3k 100 2 Total number of minor students = 12k + 3k 5 2 Total number of minor students = 24k + 15k = 39k 10 10 Required percentage = 39k × 100 = 78% 10 × 5k
(As total students = 3k + 2k = 5k)