Question

    Study the following information carefully and answer the questions. The given bar graph shows the total number of students playing football in five different schools namely A, B, C, D and E and also given the percentage of  students playing badminton in these five different schools. Note: (i) The total number of students = Total number of students playing football + Total number of students playing badminton (ii) Students are playing only two sports i.e. Football and Badminton.

    If in school F, number of boys playing badminton is 25% more than the total number of students playing badminton in school A and the number of girls playing football is (3/4)th of the total number of students playing football in school E. Find the difference between the number of boys playing badminton and number of girls playing football in school F.

    A 39 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B 49 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C 33 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D 24 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E None of these Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Number of boys playing badminton in school F = 125% of [68 × (15/85)] = 15 Number of girls playing football in school F = 72 × (3/4) = 54 Required difference = 54 – 15 = 39

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