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Discussion Forum : Table Charts - Table Chart 1 (Q.No. 1)
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 | |
| 1998 | 288 | 98 | 3.00 | 23.4 | 83 |
| 1999 | 342 | 112 | 2.52 | 32.5 | 108 |
| 2000 | 324 | 101 | 3.84 | 41.6 | 74 |
| 2001 | 336 | 133 | 3.68 | 36.4 | 88 |
| 2002 | 420 | 142 | 3.96 | 49.4 | 98 |
1.
What is the average amount of interest per year which the company had to pay during this period?
Answer: Option
Explanation:
Average amount of interest paid by the Company during the given period
| = Rs. |  |
23.4 + 32.5 + 41.6 + 36.4 + 49.4 | ![]](/_files/images/data-interpretation/common/15-sym-cbracket-h1.gif) |
lakhs |
| 5 |
| = Rs. | |
183.3 | |
lakhs |
| 5 |
= Rs. 36.66 lakhs.
Discussion:
56 comments Page 4 of 6.
P.sivareddy said:
1 decade ago
It is very simple no need of shortcut.
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Beth said:
1 decade ago
How to know which column to find to get the answer?
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Towhid Hasan said:
5 months ago
The average amount of interest the company had to pay during this period = (23.4 + 32.5 + 41.6 + 36.4 + 49.4)/5.
= 96.66 lakhs.
= 96.66 lakhs.
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AVISALA V GAGAN CHANDUDHAR REDDY said:
5 months ago
Please explain me in detail.
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Kumar said:
1 decade ago
Yes I agree with you Sagar.
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Pragnya satwika said:
7 months ago
Avg = sum of observations รท no of observations.
Please correct me if I am wrong.
Please correct me if I am wrong.
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Chandra shekhar reddy said:
7 months ago
I too agree, option D is the correct answer.
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ILOH MIRACLE said:
11 months ago
Yes, I agree D is the correct option.
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Amit said:
1 decade ago
Is there is any short cut to solve this problem?
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Mohan said:
1 decade ago
Come on guys..... It's just a problem of finding average...... What's the need for more short cut?...... Any way sagar's answer is more than enough.... Multiplying nr and dr makes it more easy to calculate with eyes.
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