Data Interpretation Ques 150

Directions : To answer the questions given below, study the following pie-chart and the table carefully.

Total production of nylon and cotton clothes by 6 companies A, B, C, D, E and F in the year 2013=84000

Percentage-wise Distribution

Company Ratio of nylon
and cotton clothes
A $7: 5$
B $5: 7$
C $5: 2$
D $5: 3$
E $4: 3$
F $9: 5$

The ratio between the number of cotton clothes manufactured by company $E$ and that of nylon clothes manufactured by company $F$ is

(1) $27: 22$

(2) $28: 21$

(3) $28: 23$

(4) $22: 27$

(5) None of these

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Correct Answer: 2

Solution: (2) Required ratio

$$ \begin{alignedat} &=\left(8400 \times \frac{28}{100} \times \frac{3}{7}\right): \\ &\left(8400 \times \frac{14}{100} \times \frac{9}{14}\right) \end{aligned} $$

$=1008: 756=28: 21$