Question : The table given below shows the cost of two fruits in five different shops.
| Shops | Fruits | |
| A | B | |
| P | 75 | 140 |
| Q | 120 | 90 |
| R | 50 | 35 |
| S | 70 | 85 |
| T | 95 | 96 |
What is the difference between the cost of fruits A and B in all five shops together?
Option 1: 24
Option 2: 36
Option 3: 20
Option 4: 48
Correct Answer: 36
Solution :
| Shops | Fruits | ||
| A | B | C b - C a | |
| P | 75 | 140 | 65 |
| Q | 120 | 90 | –30 |
| R | 50 | 35 | –15 |
| S | 70 | 85 | 15 |
| T | 95 | 96 | 1 |
Let C
b
– C
a
be the difference in the cost of fruits in shops A and B.
Adding all the differences, we get $\sum$(C
b
– C
a
) = 65 – 30 – 15 + 15 + 1 = 36
Hence, the correct answer is 36.
Related Questions
Question : The following table shows the number of pages printed by 3 printers during 3 days.
| Printers | X | Y | Z |
| Days | |||
| Monday | 130 | 140 | 210 |
| Tuesday | 110 | 145 | 160 |
| Wednesday | 180 | 90 | 218 |
What is the average number of pages printed by printer Z during the 3 days?
Option 1: 196
Option 2: 194
Option 3: 192
Option 4: 190
Question : The table given below shows the earnings of two persons on five different days.
| Days | Earnings | |
| A | B | |
| Tuesday | 85 | 130 |
| Wednesday | 76 | 90 |
| Thursday | 45 | 102 |
| Friday | 95 | 86 |
| Saturday | 110 | 48 |
What is the difference between the total earnings of A and B on all five days?
Option 1: 45
Option 2: 35
Option 3: 50
Option 4: 55
Question : The table given below shows the foreign trade by two countries in 5 different years.
| Years | Country | |
| P | Q | |
| Y1 | 220 | 95 |
| Y2 | 200 | 155 |
| Y3 | 125 | 245 |
| Y4 | 115 | 225 |
| Y5 | 85 | 140 |
What is the value of average foreign trade by country P in all 5 years?
Option 1: 155
Option 2: 745
Option 3: 149
Option 4: 135
Question : Study the given graph and table and answer the following question.
Data of different states regarding the population of states in the year 1998

The total population of the given states = 32,76,000
Data of different states regarding the population of states in the year 1998
The total population of the given states = 32,76,000
| States | Sex and literacy wise Population Ratio | ||||||||
| Sex | Literacy | ||||||||
| M | F | Literate | Illiterate | ||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| Delhi | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Goa | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | |||||
| Bihar | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | |||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | |||||
| Telangana | 3 | 4 | 9 | 4 | |||||
What was the number of males in Bihar in the year 1998?
Option 1: 1,34,450
Option 2: 1,64,440
Option 3: 1,44,440
Option 4: 1,54,440
Question : The ratio of candidates passing and failing within the State.
| State | A | B | C |
| No. of Students (in lakh) |
1.50 | 1.40 | 1.75 |
| State | Passing : Falling |
| A | 6 : 5 |
| B | 3 : 4 |
| C | 8 : 2 |
What is the number of passing students in State B?
Option 1: 0.6 lakh
Option 2: 0.7 lakh
Option 3: 0.4 lakh
Option 4: 0.3 lakh
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