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CAT 2007 — DILR Question 3

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Answer the following question based on the information given below.

The proportion of male students and the proportion of vegetarian students in a school are given below. The school has a total of 800 students, 80% of whom are in the Secondary Section and rest equally divided between Class 11 and 12.

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What is the percentage of male students in the secondary section?

Answer & solution

  • A

    40

  • 45

  • C

    50

  • D

    55

  • E

    60

Solution

In the first question, we derived the number of males in class secondary section as 288 and the total number of students in the section as 640.

∴ Percentage of male students in secondary section = 288 × 100/640 = 45%

Hence, option (b).

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