CAT 2021 Question Paper | Quant Slot 3

CAT 2021 Quant was dominated by Arithmetic followed by Algebra. In Arithmetic, the questions were dominated by topics like Speed-time-distance, Mixture and Alligations. This year, there was a surprise. The questions from Geometry were relatively on the lower side as compared to the previous years. There were 8 TITA Qs this year. Overall this section was at a medium level of difficulty.

Question 14 : In a tournament, a team has played 40 matches so far and won 30% of them. If they win 60% of the remaining matches, their overall win percentage will be 50%. Suppose they win 90% of the remaining matches, then the total number of matches won by the team in the tournament will be

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Explanatory Answer

Let the number of matches to be played be ‘x’
We are given that 40 matches are already played and 30% of them are won.
If 60% of the remaining matches are won, then the overall win percentage is 50%.
30% of 40 + 60% of x = 50% of (40 + x)
0.3 (40) + 0.6 (x) = 0.5 (40 + x)
12 + 0.6 (x) = 20 + 0.5 (x)
0.1 (x) = 8
x = 80
The number of matches to be played is 80.
If the team wins 90% of the remaining matches, it would win 90% of 80 = 72 matches.
Total matches won by the team
= 30% of 40 + 72
= 12 + 72 = 84

The answer is '84'

Choice B is the correct answer.