Study the table given below and answer the questions that follow :
The table below shows the cost price (in Rupees) and sale price (in Rupees) of four items for five years.
Year Item A Item B Item C Item D Cost Price Sale price Cost Price Sale Price Cost price Sale Price Cost Price Sale Price 2015 200000 230000 100000 110000 25000 28750 25000 28750 2016 140000 161000 150000 165000 27500 31625 27500 31900 2017 210000 241500 160000 176000 40000 44000 30000 35100 2018 185000 212750 190000 209000 33300 38295 40000 47200 2019 170000 195500 199500 221445 34000 39100 34000 40460
To determine which item has the same percentage profit on cost during the first two and last two years, we need to calculate the percentage profit for each item for the years 2015, 2016, 2018, and 2019 using the given cost price (CP) and sale price (SP) from the table.
The formula to calculate percentage profit is:
\(\text{Percentage Profit} = \left(\frac{\text{SP} - \text{CP}}{\text{CP}}\right) \times 100\)
Let's calculate the percentage profit for each item:
Item A:
- 2015: \(\left(\frac{230000 - 200000}{200000}\right) \times 100 = 15\%\)
- 2016: \(\left(\frac{161000 - 140000}{140000}\right) \times 100 = 15\%\)
- 2018: \(\left(\frac{212750 - 185000}{185000}\right) \times 100 = 15\%\)
- 2019: \(\left(\frac{195500 - 170000}{170000}\right) \times 100 = 15\%\)
Item B:
- 2015: \(\left(\frac{110000 - 100000}{100000}\right) \times 100 = 10\%\)
- 2016: \(\left(\frac{165000 - 150000}{150000}\right) \times 100 = 10\%\)
- 2018: \(\left(\frac{209000 - 190000}{190000}\right) \times 100 = 10\%\)
- 2019: \(\left(\frac{221445 - 199500}{199500}\right) \times 100 = 11\%\)
Item C:
- 2015: \(\left(\frac{28750 - 25000}{25000}\right) \times 100 = 15\%\)
- 2016: \(\left(\frac{31625 - 27500}{27500}\right) \times 100 = 15\%\)
- 2018: \(\left(\frac{38295 - 33300}{33300}\right) \times 100 = 15\%\)
- 2019: \(\left(\frac{39100 - 34000}{34000}\right) \times 100 = 15\%\)
Item D:
- 2015: \(\left(\frac{28750 - 25000}{25000}\right) \times 100 = 15\%\)
- 2016: \(\left(\frac{31900 - 27500}{27500}\right) \times 100 \approx 16\%\)
- 2018: \(\left(\frac{47200 - 40000}{40000}\right) \times 100 = 18\%\)
- 2019: \(\left(\frac{40460 - 34000}{34000}\right) \times 100 = 19\%\)
From the above calculations, Item C has the same percentage profit of 15% during both the first two (2015, 2016) and last two years (2018, 2019).
Conclusion: The correct answer is Option C.
Important Questions from Data Interpretation
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