CAT 2022 Ratio, Proportion and Variation Question (Medium)

Question

Pinky is standing in a queue at a ticket counter. Suppose the ratio of the number of persons standing ahead of Pinky to the number of persons standing behind her in the queue is . If the total number of persons in the queue is less than 300, then the maximum possible number of persons standing ahead

Accepted Answer

Step 1 Let the number of people ahead of Pinky be and the number behind her be . Total number of people in the queue We are told that the total is less than 300 8x 1 300 Rightarrow 8x 299 Rightarrow x 37.375 Maximum integer value of is 37 Step 2 Maximum number of people ahead of Pinky Final Answer T

CAT 2022

Quantitative

Ratio, Proportion and Variation

Medium

$3 : 5$

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