Percentage Practice Test 1 with solutions

Question : 26 of 40

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The population of a village was 9800. In a year, with the increase in population of males by 8% and that of females by 5%, the population of the village became 10458. What was the number of males in the village before increase?

6048
5600
4410
4200

Validate

Solution:

Let the number of males and females be x and (9800 –x) before increase, then

108/100x+105/100(9800-x)=10458

⇒ 108x + 1029000 - 105x = 1045800

⇒3x=16800

∴x=16800/3=5600

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