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What is the difference between total number of shirts sold from shop B in 2022 and 2024 taken together and total number of shirts sold from shop A in same time period?
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1800
Calculate the difference for each year separately: (5000тИТ3000)+(4300тИТ4500)=2000тИТ200=1800.
Shop A sold 3000 shirts in 2022 and 4500 shirts in 2024. Shop B sold 5000 shirts in 2022 and 4300 shirts in 2024.
Difference=(Shop┬аB2022тАЛ+Shop┬аB2024тАЛ)тИТ(Shop┬аA2022тАЛ+Shop┬аA2024тАЛ)
Calculate the difference for each year separately: (5000тИТ3000)+(4300тИТ4500)=2000тИТ200=1800.
Many students misread the line graph values for the specific years, leading to incorrect summations.
Extract Data for Shop A
From the line graph, the number of shirts sold by Shop A is 3000 in 2022 and 4500 in 2024. Summing these: 3000+4500=7500.
3000+4500=7500
Extract Data for Shop B
From the line graph, the number of shirts sold by Shop B is 5000 in 2022 and 4300 in 2024. Summing these: 5000+4300=9300.
5000+4300=9300
Calculate the Difference
Subtract the total of Shop A from the total of Shop B: 9300тИТ7500=1800.
9300тИТ7500=1800
A is correct because the difference between the total sales of Shop B (9300) and Shop A (7500) is 1800.
This type of multi-year comparative analysis is common in CAT and Banking exams; always verify axis labels before calculating.