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The following table-1 shows the percentage (%) market share of sale of buses of six different…

D's sales are 3% of the total. Model P is 18% of A's 41% share, that is \(0.18\times41=7.38\%\) of the total. So D's sales as a percentage of model P's are…

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The following table-1 shows the percentage (%) market share of sale of buses of six different automobile companies A-F in the Financial Year (FY) 2020-21 and table-2 shows the percentage (%) of six different bus models P-U sold by the automobile company A. Based on the data in the table, answer the question.

Table-1: Company-wise Sale of Buses
CompanyDistribution (%) of sale of Buses
A41%
B8%
C7%
D3%
E1%
F40%
Table-2: Model-wise Sales of Buses by Company A
ModelSale (%) of Bus Models
P18%
Q25%
R12%
S15%
T20%
U10%

Question: What is the approximate percentage of number of buses sold by D to that of models P sold by A in 2020-21?

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D's sales are 3% of the total. Model P is 18% of A's 41% share, that is 0.18×41=7.38%0.18\times41=7.38\% of the total. So D's sales as a percentage of model P's are 37.38×100≈40.65%\frac{3}{7.38}\times100\approx40.65\%. Comparing D with all of A's sales instead would give only about 7.3%.

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