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There are three categories of jobs A, B and C. The average salary of the student who got the job of A and B categories is 26 lakh per annum. The average salary of the students who got the job of B and C category is 44 lakh per annum and the average salary of those students who got the job of A and C categories is 34 lakh per annum. The most appropriate (or closet) range of average salary of all the three categories (if it is known that each student gets only one category of jobs i.e. , A, B and C):

A. lies between 30 and 44

B. lies between 28 and 34

C. lies between 34 and 44

D. lies between 27 and 44

E. None of these

Answer: Option A

Solution(By Examveda Team)

Let the number of students who got the job of A, B and C categories is a, b and c respectively,
Then the total salary,
$$ = {\frac{{\left\{ {26\left( {a + b} \right) + 44\left( {b + c} \right) + 34\left( {c + a} \right)} \right\}}}{{2\left( {a + b + c} \right)}}} $$
$$\eqalign{ & = {\frac{{\left( {60a + 70b + 78c} \right)}}{{2\left( {a + b + c} \right)}}} \cr & = \frac{{\left[ {30\left( {a + b + c} \right) + \left( {5b + 9c} \right)} \right]}}{{\left( {a + b + c} \right)}} \cr} $$
= 30 + some positive value
Thus, the minimum salary must be Rs. 30 lakh and the maximum salary can not exceed 44,
which is the highest of the three

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Comments ( 6 )

  1. Harikumar A
    Harikumar A :
    2 years ago

    it is not total salary.it is avg.salary

  2. Deepan Chettri
    Deepan Chettri :
    3 years ago

    Ab-26
    Bc-44
    Ac-34
    Total-104/3
    =34.6~ans A

  3. Preeti Bhateja
    Preeti Bhateja :
    3 years ago

    I don't understand

  4. Apu R
    Apu R :
    5 years ago

    I don't understand.

  5. Kumar Chandan
    Kumar Chandan :
    8 years ago

    I think this is a very good solution. Is there any problem in the method? @Vikas

  6. Vikas Kumar
    Vikas Kumar :
    8 years ago

    Is there any another method to solve this question

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