Xavier Aptitude Test 2012 Paper

(d) For first Rs‌.200,000 Shyam gets [

6000

4000+6000

)×100
=60% of the profit
For next Rs 200,000, he gets 20%+60% of the remainingprofit.
=20%+80×0.6%=68%
Similarly, for a profit margin greater than Rs.400000. He will
get 35 %+65×0.6 %=74 % of the profits beyond Rs.400,000
Now for a profit of first Rs.400,000, Shyam will receive
200000×

(68+60)

100

=256000
But Shyam earns a total profit of Rs.367000. Let total profit
earned by them be Rs.400000+x
Hence Shyam received 367000 – 256000=Rs.111000
From Rs.x profit
i.e. Rs.111000 is 74% of x
∴ x=

111000

0.74

=150,000
Hence total profit earned by them
=400000+150000=3550,000
Hence option (d)