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CAT/1998
Question . 87
In a company 40% are male, out of which 75% earn a salary of 25,000 plus. If 45% of the employees 25,000 plus salaries, what is the fraction of female employees earning less than or equal to 25,000?
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Method of solving this CAT Quantitative Ability Question from Percentage, Profit & Loss question
(c) Let total no. of employees be Emplyees who get 25000 plus salaries = 45
Male emplyees = 40
Female emplyees = 60
Male employees who get 25000 plus salaries = 30
Female employees who get 25000 plus salaries = 15
Female employees who get less than or equal to 25000
= (60 – 15) = 45
i.e., 45/60 = 3/4