Question

What can be said about the profit of a company, which sells tablets, from the following data?

$\begin{array}{cccccc}\text{Month}& \text{January}& \text{February}& \text{March}& \text{April}& \text{May}\\ \text{Number of tablets sold}& 1100& 981& 645& 1234& 990\end{array}$

• A. The profit was maximum in April
• B. The profit was maximum in March
• C. The profit was the same in January and April
• D. Nothing can be said about the profit.

Answer 1

The correct option is D

Nothing can be said about the profit.

Nothing can be said about the profit in any month because profit is not related to only the number of tablets sold.

For example, highest number of tablets were sold in the month of April.

But, these tablets can have different profit margins.

So, even though more number of tablets were sold in April, the profit margin could be more for, say, January.