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CAT 1995 — DILR Question 37

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Direction: Answer the questions based on the following information.

A company produces five types of shirts — A, B, C, D and E — using cloth of three qualities — high, medium and low -, using dyes of three qualities — high, medium and low. One shirt requires 1.5 m of cloth. The following table gives respectively:
1. The number of shirts (of each category) produced, in thousands
2. The percentage distribution of cloth quality in each type of shirt, and
3. The percentage distribution of dye quality in each type of shirt.

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How many metres of low-quality cloth is consumed?

Answer & solution

  • A

    22,500 m

  • 46,500 m

  • C

    60,000 m

  • D

    40,000 m

Solution

Total low quality cloth consumed
= 1.5 (30% of 30000 + 30% of 30000 + 40% of 10000 + 90% of 10000) = 46,500 m.

CAT 1995 DILR Q37: How many metres of low-quality cloth is consumed? — Solution | TheCATExam