Answer the following question based on the information given below.
There are $100$ employees in an organization across five departments. The following table gives the department-wise distribution of average age, average basic pay and allowances. The gross pay of an employee is the sum of his/her basic pay and allowances.
Department |
Number of Employees |
Average Age (years) |
Average Basic Pay (Rs) |
Allowances (% of Basic Pay) |
HR |
5 |
45 |
5000 |
70 |
Marketing |
30 |
35 |
6000 |
80 |
Finance |
20 |
30 |
6500 |
60 |
Business Development |
35 |
42 |
7500 |
75 |
Maintenance |
10 |
35 |
5500 |
50 |
There are limited number of employees considered for transfer/promotion across departments. Whenever a person is transferred/promoted from a department of lower average age to a department of higher average age, he/she will get an additional allowance of $10\%$ of basic pay over and above his/her current allowance. There will not be any change in pay structure if a person is transferred/promoted from a department with higher average age to a department with lower average age.
There was a mutual transfer of an employee between Marketing and Finance departments and transfer of one employee from Marketing to HR. As a result the average age of Finance department increased by one year and that of Marketing department remained the same. What is the new average age of HR department?
- $30$
- $35$
- $40$
- $45$
- cannot be determined