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A grain depot's register shows, for five months, the sacks received and the sacks found damaged on arrival: January, 800 received and 40 damaged; February, 600 and 36; March, 1,000 and 40; April, 500 and 35; May, 900 and 45. Which of the following is best supported by the register?

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  • AThe share of sacks damaged was highest in the month in which the greatest number of sacks was received
  • BThe share of sacks damaged fell month by month from January to May
  • CFewer sacks arrived damaged in each month than in the month before it
  • DThe month with the greatest number of damaged sacks was not the month with the greatest share of arrivals damaged

Step-by-Step Solution

The shares are 5, 6, 4, 7 and 5 per cent. May has the most damaged sacks at 45, yet April has the highest share at 7 per cent, so the two peaks fall in different months. March took the largest intake and had the lowest share, which sinks the first option; the shares run 5, 6, 4, 7, 5 rather than downward; and the damaged counts run 40, 36, 40, 35, 45, which is not a month-by-month fall.
Answer: D) The month with the greatest number of damaged sacks was not the month with the greatest share of arrivals damaged

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