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

What is the average number of Girls from Commerce stream for the given years?

Options

• 681

• 675

• 618

• 657

Answer 1

681

Explanation:

Average.number of girls in Commerce stream = `(612 + 616 + 713 + 811 + 819 + 515)/6`

= `4086/6`

= 681