Subject: General Aptitude · Chapter: Average · Exam: 2006 · Marks: · Difficulty:
Six persons went to a hotel for taking their meals. Five of them spent ₹ 32 each on their meals while the sixth person spent ₹ 80 more than the average expenditure of all the six. What was the total money spent by all the persons? (C.P.O., 2006)
Answer
Answer (as printed):
Explanation
Let the average expenditure of all the six be ₹ $x$. Then, $32 \times 5+(x+80)=6 x \Rightarrow 240+x=6 x \Rightarrow 5 x=240 \Rightarrow x=48$. $$\text { ∴ Total money spent }=6 x=₹(6 \times 48)=₹ 288 .$$
Explanation as extracted from the printed page; notation may be imperfect.