Data Interpretation Ques 15

Question-

Directions : Refer to the following graph and answer the given questions. A school collected data from April 2014 to April 2018 comprising students of class XI who opted for either science stream or commerce stream

(Note : There are only two streams available in the school i.e. Science and Commerce)

If $20 \%$ of the number of students who were in science stream in April 2018 switched to commerce stream by the beginning of June, 2018, number of students who opted for commerce stream increased by what percent (approximately) at the end of June, 2018 as compared to April, 2018?
(Note : No student left commerce stream in 2018)

(1) 14

(2) 17

(3) 19

(4) 15

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Answer: (2)

Solution: (2)

Number of students who opted for commerce stream in June $2018=60+\frac{50 \times 20}{100}=$ 70

Number of students in commerce stream in April 2018 $=60$

$\therefore$ Required percent $=(\frac{70-60}{60}) \times 100$ $=\frac{50}{3}=16 \frac{2}{3} \% \approx 17 \%$



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