GATE2020 Practice Test 2: General Aptitude-3 Video Solution

Question

Anupama and Swathy bought $1$ acre of land for Rs. $2$ lakhs in year $2010.$ Anupama planted coconut and lemon trees in the ratio $4:1$ on equal area of land. There were a total of $100$ lemon trees. The cost of one coconut was Rs.5. The crop took $7$ years to mature and when the crop was reaped in $2017,$ the total revenue generated was $25\%$ of the total amount put in by Anupama and Swathy together. The revenue generated from the coconut and lemon trees were in the ratio $3:2$ and it was shared equally by Anupama and Swathy as the initial amount spent by them were equal.

What was the ratio of yields per acre of land for coconuts & lemons?
 

• A. $3:2$
• B. $2:3$
• C. $1:1 $
• D. cannot be determined.

Answer 1

The revenue generated from the coconut and lemon trees were in the ratio 3:2

Since, coconut and lemon were planted on equal amount of land and the price of land being the same, their yield per acre will also be in the ratio 3:2

 

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