The diagram below shows the bar charts representing the number of vehicles manufactured by a...

MATHEMATICS
WAEC 2001

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The diagram below shows the bar charts representing the number of vehicles manufactured by a company in January, February and March, 1992.

(a) How many vehicles were produced in February?

(b) What fraction of the vehicles manufactured in February were cars?

(c) How many buses were produced altogether from January to March, 1992?

(d) What is the ratio in the lowest term of the number of lorries produced in February to that in March?

Explanation

VEHICLESJanFebMar
CAR10405
LORRY152535
BUS203050
TOTAL459590

(a) Vehicles produced in February = 40 + 25 + 30 = 95

(b) Fraction of the vehicles in February that were cars = \(\frac{40}{95} = \frac{8}{19}\)

(c) Total number of buses from January to March = 20 + 30 + 50 = 100

(d) Ratio of lorries in February to that in March = \(25 : 35 \equiv 5 : 7\).



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