Question

    The line graph shows the number of students (in Lakh) who applied for Graduation and Post Graduation over different years.

    If 45% of students who apply for Graduation in 2015 are girls and ratio of girls who applied for Graduation in 2015 to the girls who applied for post Graduation in 2017 is 4:5 then find the number of boys who applied for Post Graduation in 2017.

    A 4.15 Lakh Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B 3.18 Lakh Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C 2.25 Lakh Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D 3.75 Lakh Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E None of these Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Girls who applied for Graduation in 2015 = (45/100) × 20 = 9 Lakh Girls who applied for post Graduation in 2017 = (9/4) × 5 = 45/4 = 11.25 Lakh Boys who applied for Post Graduation in 2017 = 15 − 11.25 L = 3.75 Lakh

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