Iift 2011 Question 60
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IIFT 2011
Explanation:
The ratio of number of male and female journalists in a newspaper office is 5:4. The newspaper has two sections, political and sports. If 30 percent of the male journalists and 40 percent of the female journalists are covering political news, what percentage of the journalists (approx.) in the newspaper is currently involved in sports reporting?
Let '9x' be the number of total journalists in the office. Then, we can say that the number of male and female journalists are '5x' and '4x' respectively.
It is given that 30 percent of the male journalists and 40 percent of the female journalists are covering political news. Hence, total number of journalists who are covering political news = 0.3*5x + 0.4*4x = 3.1x
Therefore, the total number journalists who are covering sports news = 9x - 3.1x = 5.9x.
Hence, the percentage of the journalists in the newspaper is currently involved in sports reporting = 65 percent.
Therefore, option A is the correct answer.