Management Aptitude Test Feb 2012 Paper

Question : 101 of 200

Marks: +1, -0

One-fourth of sixty percent of a number is equal to two-fifth of twenty per cent of another number. What is the respective ratio of the first number to the second number?

8 : 15
5 : 9
8 : 13
4 : 7

Validate

Solution:

(1) Let the two number be x and y respectively.
Then,

1/4

of 60% of x =

2/5

of 20% of y

1/4×60/100×x

2/5×20/100×y

⇒

6/4

x =

4/5

y
⇒

x/y=16/30=18/15

⇒ x : y = 8 : 15

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