Question 1233
Directions: Study the following table carefully to answer the questions that follow: Number of flights (in hundreds) cancelled in five different states during six different years Years States Punjab Haryana Rajasthan Assam West Bengal 2004 1.4 3.2 0.3 1.1 1.5 2005 1.3 4.1 0.7 0.8 2.1 2006 0.5 1.7 0.2 1.3 3.5 2007 2.7 2.6 1.8 2.7 4.3 2008 1.4 1.5 2.2 1.3 5.5 2009 2.7 1.3 2.1 1.4 6.0 What is the difference between the number of flights cancelled in Assam in the year 2007 and the total number of flights cancelled in Rajasthan in the years 2005, 2007 and 2008 together?
Answer
200
Why?
Number of flights cancelled in Assam in the year 2007 = 270 Total number of flights cancelled in Rajasthan in the years 2005, 2007 and 2008 together = 70 + 180 + 220 = 470 ∴ Difference = 470 – 270 = 200
