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Disclaimer: NTA forgot to print the common data for Questions 31–33 in the candidate response sheet. We reverse-engineered the data based on student memory, so the table below is not the original NTA data. Values are in units of ₹10,000. | Year | X | Y | Z | |---|---:|---:|---:| | 2017 | 173 | 191 | 150 | | 2018 | 163 | 187 | 190 | | 2019 | 247 | 263 | 249 |

If the percent profit earned by all the businessmen together in 2018 was 37%, what was the total income (in ₹ 1,000) of all the businessmen together in that particular year?

7398

7856

8235

8166

✅ Correct Option: 1

Total expenditure in 2018: $(163+187+190)\times₹10,000=540\times₹10,000=₹54,00,000$. At a profit of 37%, total income is $₹54,00,000\times1.37=₹73,98,000$. In units of ₹1,000: $\dfrac{73,98,000}{1,000}=7398$.

Question 31

If expenditure of businessmen X, Y, Z decreased by 5%, 10% and 15%, respectively, from 2019 to 2020, then what was the total expenditure (in ₹10,000) of X, Y and Z in 2020?

Question 32

If Z's income in 2017 was ₹17,55,000, what was his percent profit in that particular year?

If the percent profit earned by all the businessmen together in 2018 was 37%, what was the total income (in ₹ 1,000) of all the businessmen together in that particular year?

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