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Discussion Forum : Table Charts - Table Chart 1 (Q.No. 5)
Directions to Solve

Study the following table and answer the questions based on it.

Expenditures of a Company (in Lakh Rupees) per Annum Over the given Years.

Year Item of Expenditure
Salary Fuel and Transport Bonus Interest on Loans Taxes
1998288983.0023.483
19993421122.5232.5108
20003241013.8441.674
20013361333.6836.488
20024201423.9649.498


5.
The ratio between the total expenditure on Taxes for all the years and the total expenditure on Fuel and Transport for all the years respectively is approximately?
4:7
10:13
15:18
5:8
Answer: Option
Explanation:

Required ratio
= [ (83 + 108 + 74 + 88 + 98) ]
(98 + 112 + 101 + 133 + 142)
= [ 451 ]
586
= 1
1.3
= 10 .
13

Discussion:
54 comments Page 4 of 6.

Monal said:   10 years ago
I am unable to catch the calculation friends. Please can you discuss clearly?

Sirish Kumar said:   1 decade ago
Guys,

I hope you understood how we got to 451/586.

Now just divide numerator and denominator with 451.

i.e. , (451/451)/(586/451) and that is equal to 1/1.29. So rounding off the denominator to one digit gives 1/1.3.

Now multiplying numerator and denominator by 10 gives (1*10)/(1.3*10).

And thus we arrive at the solution i.e. , 10/13.

Mahesh said:   1 decade ago
Its that needs to divide twice?

1st 451 divide by 586 = 0.77 (approx).

2nd time 586 divide by 451 = 1.3.

Is this is the way to calculate? Please suggest. Thanks.

Karthik said:   1 decade ago
451)586(1.3
451
---
1350

1353(approx) i.e near number, hence 451/586 = 1/13.

Anonymous said:   1 decade ago
@Sonam its simple.

We just need to multiply numerator and denominator by 10 so as to eliminate the decimal. We need fraction as a whole number.

1*10/1.3*10 = 10/13.

Banu said:   1 decade ago
Consider single year(1998) taxes and fuel, expenditure and calculate the ratio between them.

Taxes: Fuel and expenditure.

98:83 = 98/83 = 10/13.

Sonam said:   1 decade ago
Ok we got 1/1.3. But how we get 10:13?
Please can anyone explain in a ease way?

Hariharan said:   1 decade ago
When you divide x by y (x/y) you put 1 in the place of y and the quotient in the place of x.

Eg: 4 divided by 2 (or 4/2) is 2... actually it is 2 by 1 (or 2/1)..but here the denominator 1 has no real meaning.. so we take the answer as 2 alone.

However if you take the numerator as the divisor (in this case 451) and denominator as dividend (586) you need to put 1 in place of the divisor (i.e, numerator) and quotient in the place of dividend (i.e, denominator).

Manel said:   1 decade ago
How did you get the 1/1.29 answer particularly to 1?is it automatically to put 1 on 1.29 as a numerator?

Sravani said:   1 decade ago
Hey, @Ami you divided 586 by 451 and you got 1.3.

Actual is 451 divided by 586. You have to just reciprocal it. Then simply you will get 1:1.3.

That's it yar.


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