Subject: General Aptitude · Chapter: Bar Graphs · Exam: · Marks: · Difficulty:
In how many of the given years was the production of fertilizers more than the average production of the given years?
(a)1
(b)2
(c)3
(d)4
(e)5
Answer
Answer (as printed): D
Explanation
Average production (in 10000 tonnes) over the given years $$\begin{aligned} & =\frac{(25+40+60+45+65+50+75+80)}{8} \\ & =\frac{440}{8}=55 . \end{aligned}$$ Clearly, the productions during 2007, 2009, 2011 and 2012 are more than the average production. These are 4 years.
Explanation as extracted from the printed page; notation may be imperfect.