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Question
Number of students appearing for class X CBSE examination increases from 91,422 in 1999 – 2000 to 11,6054 in 2008 – 09. Increase in the number of students appeared is approximately 27%.
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True
False
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Solution
This statement is True.
Explanation:
Number of students increase from 116054 in 2008 – 09 to 91422 in 1999 – 2000
= 116054 – 91422
= 24632
Percentage of increase in number of students
= `"Number of students increase"/"Number of students in previous year" xx 100`
= `24632/91422 xx 100`
= 0.2694 × 100
= 26.9 ≈ 27%
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