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In a market survey conducted to ascertain brand switching parameters among toothpaste users, the previous and the present usership were checked out and presented as follows:

PresentPast
CloseUp8074
Cibaca2630
Pepsodent7210
Colgate4960
None2516
Total252190
% of shift of people from. one brand to another.
The figure shows the percentage of past users who have now shifted to the brands as shown. The connections shown are only shifts.
Refer to the data and answer the questions.
If the total toothpaste usership increases by 10% in the next year and CloseUp by 15%, what percentage of the toothpaste using market would be CloseUp users?

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45
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39
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C
36.8
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No change
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None of these
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Solution

The correct option is C 36.8
New users = 10% of 227 + 227 250
New users of CloseUp = 1.15 x 80 = 92
Required percentage = 9225092250 x 100 = 36.8

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