Question

    In a seminar, the average number of male and female

    attendees is 540. 70% of males and 50% of females are professionals. If there are 588 non-professionals in total, what is the average of the number of male non-professionals and female professionals?
    A 300 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B 250 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C 210 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D 238 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E None of these Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

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    Let the number of males and females be ‘a’ and ‘b’, respectively. Total attendees = 540 × 2 = 1080 Total number of professionals = 1080 – 588 = 492 According to the question, 0.7a + 0.5b = 492...... (1) 0.3a + 0.5b = 588..... (2) On solving equation (1) & (2), we get a = 600 and b = 480 Therefore, Number of male non-professionals = 0.3 × 600 = 180 Number of female professionals = 0.5 × 480 = 240 Required average = (180 + 240)/2 = 210

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