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20 men went to a restaurant. Ninteen of them paid Rs.70 each and the twentieth man paid Rs.90.25 more than the average of all the 20 men. What is the total bill ?

A) Rs. 1495	B) Rs. 548
C) Rs. 850	D) Rs. 1750

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Rs. 1495

Explanation:

Let the average bill paid by twenty members = 'x'

But 19 men paid each = Rs. 70

20th man paid Rs. 90.25 more than the avg bill of 20 = x + 90.25

20x = 19(70) + x + 90.25
19x = 1330 + 90.25
19x = 1420.25
x = 1420.25/19 = Rs. 74.75

But the total bill = 20 x 74.75 = Rs. 1495.

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The average monthly salary of 24 employees in an organisation is Rs. 1500. If the manager's salary is added, then the average salary increases by Rs. 400. What is the manager's monthly salary ?

A) Rs. 8840	B) Rs. 11,500
C) Rs. 12,800	D) Rs. 9450

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Rs. 11,500

Explanation:

Manager's monthly salary

= Rs. (1900 x 25 - 1500 x 24) = Rs. 11,500

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Given below are the ages in yrs of a group of children. What is the medium age?

7, 9, 8, 6 , 5, 3, 9, 2

A) 6.5	B) 5
C) 6.125	D) 6

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 6.5

Explanation:

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The median of the numbers 3, 1, 1 5, 2 and 7 is

A) 3.5	B) 2.5
C) 2	D) 3

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 2.5

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The average marks of a student in 7 subjects is 85. His average marks in 6 subjects except English is 83. What is his marks in English ?

A) 97	B) 98
C) 92	D) 93

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 97

Explanation:

Marks in English = 85×7 – 83×6

= 595 – 498

= 97

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It costs Rs. p each to send the first thousand messsages and Rs. q to send each subsequent one . If r is greater than 1,000, how many Rupees will it cost to send r messages ?

A) 1000 (r - p) + pq	B) 1000 p + qr
C) 1000 (r - q) + pr	D) 1000(p - q) + qr

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 1000(p - q) + qr

Explanation:

We need to find the total cost to send r messsages, r > 1000.

The first 1000 messsages will cost Rs.p each (Or)

The total cost of first 1000 messsages = Rs.1000p

The remaining (r - 1000) messsages will cost Rs.q each (Or)

The cost of the (r - 1000) = Rs.(r - 1000)y

Therefore, total cost = 1000p + rq - 1000q

= 1000(p - q) + qr

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19 friends went to a restaurant for a combined weekend dinner party. 13 of them spent Rs. 79 each on their dinner and the rest spent Rs. 4 more than the average expenditure of all the 19. What was the total money spent by them?

A) Rs. 1398.96	B) Rs. 1457.09
C) Rs. 1662.35	D) Rs. 1536.07

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Rs. 1536.07

Explanation:

Let average expenditure was Rs. R

13 x 79 + 6x(R + 4) = 19R

=> R = Rs. 80.84

Total money = 19 x 80.84 = Rs. 1536.07.

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In a cinema hall for the matinee show which started at 2.30 pm and ended at 5.30 pm the vehicle parking lot had only three wheelers (auto rickshaws) and four wheelers. Today the wheels of the vehicles parked was counted and found to be 240. What could be the number of three wheelers parked therein ?

A) 48	B) 41
C) 45	D) 43

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