# Moderate Pie Charts Solved QuestionData Interpretation Discussion

Common Information

ABC Ltd. is a courier company that uses three modes of transport for its services – Air, Rail and Road. The following pie charts show the distribution of the total number of couriers (Chart-1), Revenue Generated (Chart-2) and Total Cost (Chart-3) for the different modes of transport for the year 2006.

Assume that the only cost involved was that incurred on transport.

 Q. Common Information Question: 4/4 If the Cost of Transport per courier for Air transport is Rs.200 and the Revenue Generated per courier for Road transport is Rs.300 in the year 2006, then what is the ratio of Revenue Generated to Total Cost for Rail transport in 2006 for ABC Ltd.?
 ✔ A. 33 : 4 ✖ B. 4 : 31 ✖ C. 4 : 33 ✖ D. 31 : 4

Solution:
Option(A) is correct

Let, the total number of couriers be $360N$, the Revenue Generated be $360R$ and the Total cost be $360C$ for ABC Ltd. in the year 2006.

From the given information:

$\dfrac{198C}{90N}=\dfrac{ 2.2C}{N}= \text{Rs. }200$ -------- (i)

$\dfrac{72R}{150N} =\dfrac{ 0.48R}{N}= \text{Rs. }300$ -------- (ii)

Dividing (ii) by (i):

$\dfrac{R}{C} = 6.875$

The ratio of Revenue Generated to Total Cost for Rail transport:

$= 108R : 90C = 8.25 : 1$

$= \textbf{33 : 4}$

## (2) Comment(s)

Kanan Garayev
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Can you explain where did you get 8.25 and 1?

Shilpi
()

Since the ratio $\dfrac{R}{C} = 6.875$ is known, in order to calculate $108R : 90C$ you can do the following.

$\dfrac{R}{C} = 6.875$

$\Rightarrow 108R : 90C = \dfrac{108}{90} \times \dfrac{R}{C}$

$\Rightarrow 108R : 90C = \dfrac{108}{90} \times 6.875$

Which comes out to be,

$= 108R : 90C = 8.25 : 1$