Paper 1 · Data Interpretation
UGC NET December 2022 (05.03.2023) Shift-I
Passage
The following table gives, for six HP showrooms A to F selling laptops in the years 2020 and 2021, the number of outlets, the average sales in rupees lakh per outlet, and the total profit in rupees lakh of all the outlets. For 2020 and 2021 respectively the figures are: showroom A has 2 and 3 outlets, average sales 100 and 110, total profit 80 and 120; showroom B has 4 and 6 outlets, average sales 340 and 360, total profit 250 and 400; showroom C has 1 and 3 outlets, average sales 120 and 140, total profit 80 and 100; showroom D has 5 and 6 outlets, average sales 180 and 240, total profit 240 and 360; showroom E has 3 and 4 outlets, average sales 360 and 350, total profit 300 and 320; and showroom F has 5 and 5 outlets, average sales 80 and 60, total profit 30 and 30. Based on the data in the table, answer the questions that follow.
If the profitability per outlet is the ratio of the average profit per outlet to the average sales per outlet, then the profitability per outlet was the highest in 2020 for which HP showroom?
AA
BB
CC ✓ Correct
DD
Correct answer: (C) C — Showroom C had the highest profitability per outlet in 2020, so the answer is C.
Explanation
★Showroom C had the highest profitability per outlet in 2020, so the answer is C.
★Profitability per outlet is the average profit per outlet divided by the average sales per outlet.
★For showroom C the total profit of 80 over 1 outlet gives an average profit of 80.
★Dividing this by the average sales of 120 gives about 0.67.
★For A the value is 0.4, for B about 0.18 and for D about 0.27.
★So showroom C has the highest value of about 0.67.
★So the answer is C.
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