GATE CE 2016 Set 2 — Question 6
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Two finance companies, P and Q, declared fixed annual rates of interest on the amounts invested with them. The rates of interest offered by these companies may differ from year to year. Year-wise annual rates of interest offered by these companies are shown by the line graph provided below.
If the amounts invested in the companies, P and Q, in 2006 are in the ratio 8:9, then the amounts received after one year as interests from companies P and Q would be in the ratio:

Correct answer
(D) 4:3
Solution
From the line graph, for the year 2006:
Interest from company P
Interest from company Q Ratio of interests .
- Interest rate for company P
- Interest rate for company Q
Interest from company P
Interest from company Q Ratio of interests .
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