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Directions (1 - 8): Study the following graphs carefully and answer the questions that follow:
Percent Profit Earned By Companies A and B Producing Electronic Goods Over The Years.
Percent Profit = $$\left( {\frac{{{\text{Profit Earned}}}}{{{\text{Total Investment}}}} \times 100} \right)\,\% $$
Profit Earned = (Total income ) - ( Total Investment in the Year)
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If the amount invested by the two companies in 2005 were equal, what was the ratio of the total income of Company A to that of B on 2005?

Answer & Solution
Correct Answer: Option C
Let the investment of each in 2005 be Rs. $$x$$
Then,
(Income of A) : (Income of B)
  = Rs. ($$x$$ + 70% of $$x$$) : Rs. ($$x$$ + 55% of $$x$$) [∵ Income = (Investment) + (Profit)]
$$\eqalign{ & = \left(x+\frac{70x}{100}\right) : \left(x+\frac{55x}{100}\right)\cr & = \left(x+\frac{7x}{10}\right) : \left(x+\frac{11x}{20}\right) \cr & = \frac{17x}{10} : \frac{31x}{20} \cr & = 34 : 31 \cr} $$
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