Total number of lecturers (both male and female) in Hindi is approximately what per cent of the total number… · ABC26GN5712

Subject: General Aptitude · Chapter: Pie Chart

Study the following pie-chart and the table given below it carefully to answer the questions given below: Percentage-wise distribution of lecturers in 6 different subjects in a university, total number of lecturers: 1600; and ratio of male to female lecturers. (Bank P.O., 2010)

Percentage-wise distribution of lecturers in 6 different subjects in a university (total number of lecturers: 1600)
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Zoology22
Chemistry13
Education18
Hindi12
Mathematics21
Physics14

Chart drawn from the data printed in the source figure.

LecturersMales : Females
Mathematics3 : 4
Education5 : 3
Hindi1 : 3
Chemistry1 : 7
Physics9 : 5
Zoology7 : 9
Total number of lecturers (both male and female) in Hindi is approximately what per cent of the total number of female lectures in Mathematics and Chemistry together?
(a)58
(b)43
(c)47
(d)51
(e)50
Answer
Answer (as printed): D
Explanation
Required \% $=\left\{\frac{192}{192+182} \times 100\right\} \%=\left(\frac{192}{374} \times 100\right) \%$ $$=\frac{9600}{187} \%=51.3 \% \simeq 51 \% .$$

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

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