ABC26GN1648 · Problems on Numbers

Subject: General Aptitude · Chapter: Problems on Numbers · Exam: 2008 · Marks: · Difficulty:

By how much is $\frac{3}{4}$ th of 568 lesser than $\frac{7}{8}$ th of 1008?
(a)444
(b)448
(c)452
(d)456
(e)None of these
Answer
Answer (as printed):
Explanation
$$\begin{aligned} \frac{7}{8} \text { of } 1008-\frac{3}{4} \text { of } 568 & =\left(1008 \times \frac{7}{8}\right)-\left(568 \times \frac{3}{4}\right) \\ & =882-426=456 \end{aligned}$$

Explanation as extracted from the printed page; notation may be imperfect.

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