Question

Answer the question based on the information given in the following table. A, B, C, D, E denote companies and 2006, 2007, 2008. 2009& 2010 denote years.

	A		B		C		D		E
	M	S	M	S	M	S	M	S	M	S
2006	2.8	1.3	3.3	2.2	2.6	1.7	3.0	2.2	1.9	1.4
2007	3.2	2.0	2.4	1.6	2.2	1.5	2.5	1.9	2.0	1.7
2008	1.9	0.9	2.9	1.6	2.1	1.0	2.3	1.5	1.6	1.1
2009	1.0	0.4	2.4	1.3	2.8	1.4	2.1	1.2	3.2	2.5
2010	2.5	1.5	2.3	1.2	2.6	2.1	1.8	1.1	3.1	2.6

What is the average number of units sold by company D over all the years together?

Options

• 166

• 158

• 136

• 147

Answer 1

158

Explanation:

From the table,

Total number of units sold by company D over all the years together

= 2.2 + 1.9 + 1.5 + 12 + 1.1

= 7.9 hundred = 790

∴ Average number of units sold by company D over all the years together`=790/5=158`