Data Interpretation

Bar Chart 7

Directions to Solve

The following bar graph shows the Income and Expenditures (in million US $) of five companies in the year 2001. The percent profit or loss of a company is given by

% Profit/Loss =

Income - Expenditure

x 100

Expenditure

Income and Expenditure (in million US $) of five companies in the year 2001.


1.  Which company earned the maximum percentage profit in the year 2001?
A. M
B. N
C. P
D. Q
E. R
2.  In 2001, what was the approximate percentage of profit/loss of all the five Companies taken together?
A. 5% profit
B. 6.5% profit
C. 4% loss
D. 7% loss
E. 10% profit
3.  If the income of Company Q in 2001 was 10% more than its income in 2000 and the Company had earned a profit of 20% in 2000, then its expenditure in 2000 (in million US $) was?
A. 28.28
B. 30.30
C. 32.32
D. 34.34
E. 36.36
4.  For Company R, if the expenditure had increased by 20% in year 2001 from year 2000 and the company had earned profit of 10% in 2000, what was the Company's income in 2000 (in million US $)?
A. 35.75
B. 37.25
C. 38.5
D. 41.25
E. 42.75
5.  The companies M and N together had a percentage of profit/loss of?
A. 12% loss
B. 10% loss
C. 10% profit
D. 12% profit
E. There was no loss or profit

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