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Question
Study the following table carefully to answer the questions that follow:
NUMBER OF BOYS AND GIRLS IN FIVE STREAMS OF A COLLEGE OVER THE YEARS STREAMS
| Year | Arts | Science | Commerce | Management | IT | |||||
| Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | |
| 2002 | 556 | 414 | 619 | 505 | 668 | 612 | 770 | 633 | 670 | 515 |
| 2003 | 763 | 608 | 793 | 612 | 781 | 616 | 667 | 439 | 866 | 722 |
| 2004 | 672 | 519 | 540 | 516 | 859 | 713 | 778 | 727 | 781 | 619 |
| 2005 | 809 | 602 | 928 | 908 | 870 | 811 | 849 | 729 | 977 | 817 |
| 2006 | 745 | 510 | 884 | 820 | 967 | 819 | 562 | 938 | 990 | 808 |
| 2007 | 698 | 413 | 765 | 616 | 571 | 515 | 1288 | 1016 | 1151 | 1010 |
The number of boys in Arts stream in the year 2004 is approximately what per cent of the total number of boys for all the years together in Arts stream?
Options
27
34
08
16
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Solution
16
Explanation:
Number of boys in Arts stream for all the years = 556 + 763 + 672 + 809 + 745 + 698 = 4243.
Number of boys in Arts stream in 2004 = 672
∴ Required percentage= `672/4243 xx 100` = 15.83 = 16
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