Data Interpretation Ques 402

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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.

$=\frac{92400 \times 55}{100}=50820$