Question

Factory A	Factory B
No. of wage earners $250$ Average daily wage Rs. $2.00$	$200$ Rs. $2.50$

The average of daily wages for the earners of the two factories combined is

• A. Rs. $2.12$
• B. Rs. $2.06$
• C. Rs. $2.20$
• D. Rs. $2.22$

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

Rs. $2.22$

Average wage of workers at Factory $A=$ Rs. $2$
Average wage of workers at Factory $B=$ Rs. $2.5$
Total wages of the two factories $=$ $250\times 2+200\times 2.5$ $=500+500=1000$
Average of wage from both the factories $=$ $\frac{1000}{450}$ $=2.22$