GATE Overflow | General Aptitude | Test 1 | Question: 20

Question

Study the following table and answer the question based on it.

Expenditures of a Company (in Pesetas) per Annum Over the given Years.

Year	Salary	Fuel & Transport	Bonus	Interest on loans	Taxes
1998	288	98	3.00	23.4	83
1999	342	112	2.52	32.5	108
2000	324	101	3.84	41.6	74
2001	336	133	3.68	36.4	88
2002	420	142	3.96	49.4	98

The ratio between the total expenditure on Taxes for all the years and the total expenditure on Fuel and Transport for all the years respectively is approximately?

• A. 4:7
• B. 10:13
• C. 15:18
• D. 5:8

Answer 1

B

total Taxes = 83+108+74+88+98 = 451

total fuel and transport = 98+112+101+133+142 = 586

 

Ratio will be equal to 451/586 = 0.76962

Now check each of the options and find which ratio is equal to the above one, u will get B as the ans.