A. 1:2
B. 2:3
C. 3:4
D. 3:5
Let the ratio be k : 1. Then,
k * 16.4 + 1 * 15.4 = (k + 1) * 15.8
= (16.4 – 15.8)k = (15.8 – 15.4)
= k = 0.4/0.6 = 2/3
Required ratio = 2/3 : 1 = 2:3
Related Mcqs:
- The average age of 15 students of a class is 15 years. Out of these, the average age of 5 students is 14 years and that of the other 9 students is 16 years. The age of the 15th student is____________?
A. 11 years
B. 14 years
C. 15 years
D. 15 2/7 years - The average height of 35 boys in a class was calculated as 180cm. It has later found that the height of one of the boys in the class was wrongly written as 166 cm whereas his actual height was 106 cm. Find the actual average height of the boys in the class (Round off your answer to two decimal places)?
A. 179.29 cm
B. 178.29 cm
C. 179.38 cm
D. 178.39 cm - The ratio of boys and girls in a class was 11:13. 8 girls and 4 boys join the class from this academic year and the ratio becomes 4:5. Find the strength of the class.
A. 96
B. 68
C. 72
D. 108 - The average of 35 students in a class is 16 years. The average age of 21 students is 14. What is the average age of remaining 14 students?
A. 15 years
B. 17 years
C. 18 years
D. 19 years - The average weight of 16 boys in a class is 50.25 kg and that of the remaining 8 boys is 45.15 kg. Find the average weights of all the boys in the class.
A. 47.55 kg
B. 48 kg
C. 48.55 kg
D. 49.25 kg - The average age of M boys is ‘b’ years and of ‘n’ girls ‘c’ years. The average age of all together is_________?
A. (mb – nc)/ (m + n) years
B. (mb + nc)/ (m – n) years
C. (mb + nc)/ (m + n) years
D. (mb – nc)/ (m – n) years - A class has 90 students. If the ratio of boys and girls is 7:8, find the number of boys in the class.
A. 48
B. 42
C. 60
D. 70 - The ratio of the number of boys and girls is 3:2 if 20 % of the boys and 30 % of the girls are scholarship holders then the percentage of students who do not get scholarship is_________?
A. 50
B. 72
C. 75
D. 76 - The average age of seven persons sitting in a row facing east is 28 years. If the average age of the first three persons is 21 years and the average age of the last three persons is 34 years, then find the age of the person sitting in the middle of the row?
A. 30 Years
B. 31 years
C. 26 years
D. 33 years - The average marks of a class of 30 students is 40 and that of another class of 50 students is 60. Find the average marks of all the students?
A. 50
B. 47.5
C. 59
D. 52.5
