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· 1 Months ago

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Question:

DIRECTIONS:Study the following graph carefully and answer the questions that follow:

The line graph gives the percentage increase in the number of students and the fee per student at a coaching institute, across five years. The increase in values for each year is with respect to that of the previous year.


If the number of students in the institute was 23,348 in 2014, how many students were there in 2012?
Options:
A) 20,000
B) 20,500
C) 21,000
D) 22,000
E) None of these
Solution:
Number of students in 2012 = \(\cfrac{23,348}{1.09×1.02}\) = 21,000

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· 1 Months ago

Dear student,
The calculation is as follow:
23348*100/109*100/102
but when we solve this we end up with 21000.179888469
On approximation we get 21000
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