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40% of the employees in a factory are workers. All the remaining employees are executives. The annual income of each worker is $390.The annual income of each executive is $420. What is the average annual income of all the employees in the factory together?

A. 390
B. 405
C. 408
D. 415
E. 420

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40% of the employees in a factory are workers. All the remaining Updated on: 21 May 2017, 03:37
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Let us consider 100 employees to work in the factory.

40 - Workers
60 - Executives

Annual income of the worker = $390
Annual income of Executive = $420

Average annual income of all the employees in the factory ,

(40*390 + 60*420)/100

[40*(300+90) + 60*(400+20) ]/100

(12000+3600+24000+1200)/100

40800/100 = 408

Therefore the answer is C.
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Since we don't know the total number of employees, we can use a smart number here. Let's say the total number of employees are 10. So, that means we will have 4 workers and 6 employees.

[(390*4)+420*6)/10]= 4080/10- 408. Therefore; the answer is C.
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Let say total number of employees = 100.

Worker = 40
Executive = 60

average annual income of all the employees = \(\frac{(salaryOfWorker * # Workers) + (SalaryOfExecutive * # Executives)}{TotalNumberOfEmployees}\)
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average annual income of all the employees = \(\frac{(40 * 390) + (60 * 420)}{100}\)
=> \(\frac{100 [(4 * 39) + (6*42)]}{100}\)

=> 156 + 252

=> 408

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40% of the employees in a factory are workers. All the remaining 09 May 2017, 10:21
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.4*390 + .6*420
= 156 + 252
= 408(Option C)

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40% of the employees in a factory are workers. All the remaining employees are executives. The annual income of each worker is $390.The annual income of each executive is $420. What is the average annual income of all the employees in the factory together?

A. 390
B. 405
C. 408
D. 415
E. 420

No need for complex calculation:
let 100 total , 40 W , 60 E
40 * 390
60* 420 = 60 * (390 +30)
extra amount is 30 * 60 = 1800 .we have to divide in 100 student.So per student 18 ...Avg is 408.
So C
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390 420
x
60 : 40
3 : 2

x-390 = 3/2
420-x

2x-780=1260-3x
5x=2040
x=408
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40% workers, 60% executives. Ratio of workers : executives = 40 : 60 = 2:3
Weighted average income = (2*390 + 3*420)/(2+3) = 2040/5 = 408

Hence C answer
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40% of the employees in a factory are workers. All the remaining employees are executives. The annual income of each worker is $390.The annual income of each executive is $420. What is the average annual income of all the employees in the factory together?

A. 390
B. 405
C. 408
D. 415
E. 420

We can assume that there are 10 employees in the factory, so there are 4 workers and 6 executives. Thus, the total annual income of these 10 employees is (4 x 390) + (6 x 420) = 1560 + 2520 = $4080, and their average annual income is 4080/10 = $408.

Answer: C
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