GRE Sample Test 1 Quantitative Reasoning 1

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Questions 11 through 14 refer to the following graph.
SUBSCRIPTIONS TO NEWS MAGAZINE x, 1995–2010

NATIONWIDE NEWS MAGAZINE SUBSCRIPTIONS:
1997 TO 2009

News magazine	1997	2000	2003	2006	2009
x	2,500	4,100	6,100	7,200	9,100
y	1,700	3,100	4,600	5,700	7,200
z	3,600	5,800	7,600	9,400	11,400
Others	3,500	8,900	18,500	34,700	51,300

Question : 13 of 20

Marks: +1, -0

What was the approximate percent increase in nationwide subscriptions to newsmagazines between 1995 and 1996 ?

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Solution:

In 1995, there were 1,500 subscriptions to Newsmagazine x, which accounted for approximately 25 percent of total nationwide subscriptions. Total nationwide subscriptions in 1995, then, were equal to about 6,000 (25 percent of total nationwide subscriptions = 1,500). Using the same process, total nationwide subscriptions in 1996 were equal to about 9,000 (30 percent of total nationwide subscriptions = 2,600).
The percent increase between 1995 and 1996 is

{\difference}/{\original}

{9000-6000}/{6000}

{3000}/{6000}

1/2

or 50 percent.

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