In a DI set, total passed candidates are $8550$ and Institute T accounts for $8\%$ of that passed pool. If $25\%$ of T's passed candidates are from the science stream, how many science-stream passed candidates belong to T?
Practice this question from Chapter Mock 15: Data Interpretation, with options and an explanation.
Question
In a DI set, total passed candidates are $8550$ and Institute T accounts for $8\%$ of that passed pool. If $25\%$ of T's passed candidates are from the science stream, how many science-stream passed candidates belong to T?
Option A
152
Option B
162
Option C — Correct answer
171
Correct choice.
Option D
180
Explanation
Passed candidates from T $=8\%$ of $8550=684$. Science stream count $=25\%$ of $684=171$.