Data Interpretation Ques 402
Directions : Read the following information carefully and answer the questions based on it.
The population of town A, town $B$ and town $C$ was in the ratio $16: 15$ : 14 in the year 2013. In the year 2014, the population of town A, town $B$ and town $C$ increased by $10 \%, 12 \%$ and $15 \%$ respectively. The sum of males and females in town A in 2014 is 88000. Male to female ratio in the year 2013 for town B was 2: 1 and male to female ratio for town $C$ in the same year was 1 : 1. In 2013, $60 \%$ were males from town $A$. In the year 2015, population of town A, town B and town C increased by 5\%, $10 \%$ and $20 \%$ respectively, than the previous year.
In 2015, if $45 \%$ are females in town $A$, then find the number of males in town A in the same year?
(1) 45,670
(2) 46500
(3) 48,955
(4) 50820
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Correct Answer: 4
Solution: (4) In the year 2015,
Males in town A.
$=\frac{92400 \times 55}{100}=50820$