GATE EE · 2018 · GA
Question 9: Quantitative Aptitude
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Question 9
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A designer uses marbles of four different colours for his designs. The cost of each marble is the same, irrespective of the colour. The table below shows the percentage of marbles of each colour used in the current design. The cost of each marble increased by 25%. Therefore, the designer decided to reduce equal numbers of marbles of each colour to keep the total cost unchanged. What is the percentage of blue marbles in the new design?
Blue | Black | Red | Yellow |
|---|---|---|---|
40% | 25% | 20% | 15% |
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GATE EE 2018 · Paper 1
Electrical Engineering · Original paper archive
- Section
- General Aptitude
- Question type
- Multiple choice (MCQ)
- Marks
- 2 marks
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