Xavier Aptitude Test 2021 Paper

Question : 6 of 100

Marks: +1, -0

One third of the buses from City $\A$ to City $\B$ stop at City $\C$ , while the rest go non-stop to City $\B$ . One third of the passengers, in the buses stopping at City $\C$ , continue to City $\B$ , while the rest alight at City $\C$ . All the buses have equal capacity and always start full from City $\A$ . What proportion of the passengers going to City $\B$ from City $\A$ travel by a bus stopping at City $\C$ ?

$1/7$
$1/9$
$1/3$
$7/9$
$4/9$

Validate

Solution:

Let us assume there are

9 \buses

3

of them stop at

\C

and

6

go non-stop
Given, One-third of the passengers, in the buses stopping at City

\C

, continue to City

\B

, while the rest alight at City

\C

⇒ Since all buses have equal capacity. we can say

2

will elite at

\C

and

1

will proceed to

\B

Hence required proportion

= 1/7

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