The shares of students studying in different streams of a college in the years 2021 and 2022 are as reflected in the two pie charts given below.
The total number of students opting for humanities in the college was 15,600 in both the given years. What was the percentage change in the total number of students in the college from 2021 to 2022? [Give your answer correct to the nearest integer value]
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is option 2 i.e. 8%
Given that
The total number of students opting for humanities in the college in 2020 and 2021 is 15600
The percentage change in the total number of students in the college from 2021 to 2022 = 93.6 - 86.4 = 7.2
Hence, the percentage will be = (7.2/86.4) × 100 = 8.33% ≈ 8%