Data Analysis Practice Test 1

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Directions (52-53): Study the following information carefully to answer these questions:
Number of teachers in a district was 32.6 thousand in the year 2009. Every year, the number of teachers decreases by 15 per cent.

Question : 52 of 65

Marks: +1, -0

What would be the number of teachers in the year 2010?

28.62 thousands
27.71 thousands
37.49 thousands
35.68 thousands
None of these

Validate

Solution:

Number of teachers in the year 2009 = 32,600
Number of teachers decreases by 15 percent every year.
So, number of teachers in 2009

=(32,600-{32,600×15}/100)

= 32,600 - 4,890 = 27,710 teachers

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