Question

Answer the question based on the information given in the following table A,B, C, D, E denote companies and 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 denote years.
Number of units manufactured(M) and Number of units sold (s)(in hundred) by five different companies over the years.

	A	A	B	B	C	C	D	D	E	E
	M	S	M	S	M	S	M	S	M	S
$2006$	$2.8$	$1.3$	$3.3$	$2.2$	$2.6$	$1.7$	$3.0$	$2.2$	$1.9$	$1.4$
$2007$	$3.2$	$2.0$	$2.4$	$1.6$	$2.2$	$1.5$	$2.5$	$1.9$	$2.0$	$1.7$
$2008$	$1.9$	$0.9$	$2.9$	$1.6$	$2.1$	$1.0$	$2.3$	$1.5$	$1.6$	$1.1$
$2009$	$1.0$	$0.4$	$2.4$	$1.3$	$2.8$	$1.4$	$2.1$	$1.2$	$3.2$	$2.5$
$2010$	$2.5$	$1.5$	$2.3$	$1.2$	$2.6$	$2.1$	$1.8$	$1.1$	$3.1$	$2.6$

The number of units sold(S) of company D in the year $2006$ is what per cent of the number of units manufacture(M) by it in the year? (rounded off to two digits after decimal)

• A. $52.63$
• B. $61.57$
• C. $85.15$
• D. $73.33$

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

$73.33$

Number of units sold by company 'D' in $2006$ = $2.2$
Number of units manufactured by company D in $2006=3.00$
$\therefore percentage=\frac{2.2}{3}\times 100=73.33\%$