Percentages Test - 2

Let the number of apples be 100.

On the first day, he sells 60% apples ie.,60 apples. Remaining apples =40.

He throws 15% of the remaining i.e., 15% of 40 = 6.Now he has 40 - 6 = 34 apples

The next day he throws 50% of the remaining 34 apples i.e., 17.

Therefore, in all, he throws 6 + 17 =23 apples.

The correct answer is A. 

 Total votes = 12000.
 Total Valid votes = 85% of 12000 = 10200.
 Walter gets 80% of 10200 votes = 8160 votes.
 Jesse Pinkman would get 10200 – 8160 = 2040 Votes. 

Given:
a% of b = (a/100) x b = ab/100
30% of a% of b = 30% of ab/100
= (30/100) x ab/100
= 3ab/1000

Also Given:
b% of c = (b/100) x c = bc/100
25% of b% of c = 25% of bc/100
= (25/100) x bc/100
= bc/400

Now ATQ:
(3ab/1000) = (bc/400)

⇒ 3a/10 = c/4
⇒ c = 12a/10
⇒ c = 1.20a

Let the number be 100. Then, 200 should be the correct outcome. But instead, the value got is 50.
 Change in value = 200 – 50 = 150.
 The percentage change in the value = 150 X 100 / 200 = 75%.
 Alternatively, you could think of this as the number being ‘x’ and the required result being 2x and the derived result being 0.5x.

 Hence, the percentage change in the result is 1.5x X 100 / 2x. Clearly, the value would be 75%. (Note: In this case, the percentage change in the answer does not depend on the value of ‘x’). 

Alternate solution :

Let the number be x.

Then actual value should be 2x and the measured value is x/2.

Therefore, the percentage error can be calculated as:

Actual value−Measured value/Actual value×100

=2x−x/2/2x×100

=4x−x/2/2x×100

=3x/2×1/2x×100

=3/4×100

=75%

Let the population of Mexico be X Pop. 

After 10% migrated to SA = 1-0.1= 0.9x

Population after 10% migrated to America = 0.9x * 0.9 = 0.81x Population after 10% of the rest migrated to Australia = 0.81x * 0.9 = 0.729x

Let the no of males be a and females be b => a+b = 0.729x Given that b=a/2 ratio didn't change after and before migration so,

b = 364500

=> a = 2*364500 = 729000

=> 729000 + 364500 = 0.729x

=> x = 1500000

 From the first statement we get that out of 100 litres of the mixture, 25 litres must be milk.
 Since we are adding water to this and keeping the milk constant, it is quite evident that 25 litres of milk should correspond to 20% of the total mixture.
 Thus, the amount in the total mixture must be 125, which means we need to add 25 litres of water to make 100 litres of the mixture. 

 Assume the initial surface area as 100 on each side. A total of 6 such surfaces would give a total surface area of 600.

 Two surface areas would be impacted by the combined effect of length and breadth, two would be affected by length and height and two would be affected by breadth and height.

 Thus, the respective surface areas would be (90.25 twice, 114 twice and 114 twice) Thus, new surface area = 180.5 + 456 = 636.5
A percentage increase of 6.0833%

 Let the initial price of raw materials be 100.
 The new cost of the same raw material would be 115.
 The initial cost of labour would be 25 and the new cost would be 30% of 115 = 34.5

 The total cost initially would be 125.
 The total cost for the same usage of raw material would now be: 115 + 34.5 = 149.5

 This cost has to be reduced to 125. The percentage reduction will be given by 24.5 / 149.5 = 16 % approx. 

The third gallery making the capacity ‘half as large again’ means an increase of 50%.

Further, it is given that: 4(first + third) = 12 (second) In order to get to the correct answer, try to fit in the options into this situation.

(Note here that the question is asking you to find the capacity of the second gallery as a percentage of the first.)

If we assume option (a) as correct – 70% the following solution follows:
If the second is 70, then first is 100 and the first + second is 170. Then third will be 85 (50% of first + second).

Then the equation:
4 X (100 + 85) should be equal to 12 X 70
But this is not true.

Through trial and error, you can see that the third option fits correctly.
4 X (100 + 80) = 12 X 60.
Hence, it is the correct answer.