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CAT 1991 — DILR Question 27

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Study the following graph and answer questions that follow. The x – axis denotes the years from 1983 to 1991.

If in 1988, the sum of the food and fertilizer production was 170 million tonnes, the value of food production must have been (approximately, in million tonnes) …

Answer & solution

  • A

    90

  • B

    70

  • C

    100

  • Insufficient data

Solution

Fertilizers production in 1988 = 6.5x + k

Food production in 1988 = 8x + k

As per the given information

14.5x + 2k = 170

Value of x and k cannot be determined.

Hence, option (d).

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