Question : The below bar graph shows the number of bikes (in hundreds) sold by Hero and Bajaj over the first six months of 2022.
In July, the for sales the number of bikes for Hero company decreased with respect to the previous month by the same percentage as the sales of Hero company decreased in March with respect to February, then find the approximate number of bikes sold by Hero in July.
Option 1: 58240
Option 2: 89759
Option 3: 61000
Option 4: 90240
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Correct Answer: 61000
Solution :
As per the given graph,
The sales for the number of bikes for Hero company in February (in hundreds) = 655
The sales for the number of bikes for Hero company in March (in hundreds) = 540
Percentage decrease = $\frac{(655 - 540)} { 655}$ × 100 = 17.56%
The sales for the number of bikes for Hero company in June (in hundreds) = 740
The sales for the number of bikes for Hero company in July (in hundreds) = $\frac{(100 - 17.56) }{ 100 }$ × 740 = 610.06 $\approx$ 610
The sales for the number of bikes for Hero company in July is 61000.
Hence, the correct answer is 61000.
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