CAT 2007 | Question: 33

Question

Answer the following question based on the information given below:

The proportion of male students and the proportion of vegetarian student students in a school are given below. The school has total of $800$ students, $80\%$ of whom are in the Secondary Section and rest equally divided between Class $11$ and $12.$

	Male(M)	Vegetarian (V)
Class $12$	$0.6$
Class $11$	$0.55$	$0.5$
Secondary Section		$0.55$
Total	$0.475$	$0.53$

In the Secondary Section, $50\%$ of the students are vegetarian males . Which of the following statements is correct?

• A. Except vegetarian males, all other groups have same number of students.
• B. Except non-vegetarian males, all other groups have same number of students.
• C. Except vegetarian females, all other groups have same number of students.
• D. Except non-vegetarian females, all other groups have same number of students.
• E. All of the above groups have same number of students.

Comments

how to calculate female?

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Proportion of males are 0.6, 0.55 and >0.5 (50% vegetarian males). So, total proportion of males cannot be lower than 50%. Guess something wrong with question..