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The following table shows the number of employees of five companies A-E who prefer their own vehicle to…

Metro users in B are 60 per cent of 1560, that is 936, so company P has 936 x 1.25 = 1170 metro users, which is 45 per cent of P, giving a total of 2600. Company E has 1760…

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The following table shows the number of employees of five companies A-E who prefer their own vehicle to reach office and percentage (%) of employees who prefer Metro and Bus to reach office. There are only three modes of transport as mentioned. Based on the data in the table, answer the question.

Company wise Distribution of Employees Preferring Modes of Transport
Company Number of Employees who prefer their own Vehicles Number of Employees who prefer Metro Number of Employees who prefer Bus
A18468%24%
B7860%35%
C38455%30%
D18270%16%
E22072.5%15%

Question: In another company P, if the number of employees who prefer travelling by Metro is 25% more than the number of employees who prefer travelling by Metro from company B, and the number of employees who prefer travelling by Metro from company P is 45% of the total number of employees in that company, then the total number of employees in company E is what % less than the total number of employees in company P?

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Metro users in B are 60 per cent of 1560, that is 936, so company P has 936 x 1.25 = 1170 metro users, which is 45 per cent of P, giving a total of 2600. Company E has 1760 employees, so 2600−17602600×100=32413%\frac{2600-1760}{2600}\times100=32\frac{4}{13}\%

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