CAT 1995DILR Question 39

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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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What is the ratio of the three qualities of dyes in high-quality cloth?

Answer & solution

  • A

    2 : 3 : 5

  • B

    1 : 2 : 5

  • C

    7 : 9 : 10

  • Cannot be determined

Solution

We only know the relationship between the type of shirt and cloth used and type of shirt and dye used. We cannot find any relationship between type of cloth and dye used.

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