AFCAT Model Paper 8

GIVEN:
Ratio of total male employees to female employees is 9 : 7.
Ratio of the total salary of all male employees to that of all female employees is 27 : 35.
CONCEPT:
Basic Ratio concept.
FORMULA:
Average = Sum of salary/Number of employees
CALCULATION:
Let male and female employees in the company be ‘9x’ and ‘7x’ respectively.
Let the total salary of male and female employees of the company be ‘27y’ and ‘35y’ respectively.
⇒ Average salary of male employees =(

27y

9

x)=(

3y

x

)
⇒ Average salary of female employees =(

35y

7

x)=(

5y

x

)
∴ Required ratio =(

3y

x

):(

5y

x

)=3:5