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Direction: Sales of books (in thousands} from six branches (B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6) of a publishing company are given below. Study the graph and answer the following questions.

  1. If the sale of books from the branch B2 increases by 30% and that from the branch B4 decreases by 10%, the approximate sale from all the six branches will
    1. increase by 1·33%
    2. decrease by 1·67%
    3. remain same
    4. decrease by 1·33%
Correct Option: A

On the basis of given graph in question ,
The sale of books from the branch B2 = 40
After increases by 30% ,

New sale of books from branch B2 =
40 × 130
= 52 thousand
100

The sale of books from the branch B2 = 80
After decreases by 10% , then
New sale of books from branch B4 =
80 × 90
= 72 thousand
100

New average sales =
304
6

New average sales =
152
thousand
3

Increase =
152
- 50 =
2
thousand
33

∴ Percentage increase =
2
× 100 =
4
= 1.33%
3 × 503



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