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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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.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
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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
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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

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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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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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