Percentage of annual income spent by six persons A–F on six items (each row totals 100).

Person	Rent	Transport	Clothes	Food	Entertainment	Misc
A	15.0	18.4	12.5	21.8	13.3	19.0
B	18.0	22.6	15.0	17.2	11.4	15.8
C	16.3	14.8	11.2	24.0	7.8	25.9
D	19.5	15.5	12.0	18.0	16.4	18.6
E	16.4	17.5	14.0	20.2	8.6	23.3
F	18.5	16.0	13.8	23.6	11.0	17.1

If the annual income of each of the six persons is Rs.3 lakh, then the expenditure on clothes by exactly how many of them is more than Rs.41800?

A2 ✓ Correct

Correct answer: (A) 2

Explanation

Exactly two persons exceed Rs.41800, so that is the answer.

Clothes spending is the clothes percentage of 3 lakh.

The amounts are 37500, 45000, 33600, 36000, 42000 and 41400 for A to F.

B spends 45000, which exceeds 41800.

E spends 42000, which also exceeds 41800.

So exactly two persons qualify.

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