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Bar Charts - General Aptitude

The following bar graph shows the Income and Expenditures (in million US $) of five companies in the year 2001. The percent profit or loss of a company is given by

% Profit/Loss = Income - Expenditure x 100
Expenditure

Income and Expenditure (in million US $) of five companies in the year 2001.

Q1:

In 2001, what was the approximate percentage of profit/loss of all the five Companies taken together?

A 5% profit

B 6.5% profit

C 4% profit

D 7% profit

ANS:A - 5% profit

Total income of all five companies     = (35 + 50 + 40 + 40 + 50) million US $     = 215 million US $. Total expenditure of all five companies     = (45 + 40 + 45 + 30 + 45) million US $     = 205 million US $.

Therefore % Profit = [ (215 - 205) x 100 ] % = 4.88% ~= 5%.
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