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Study the table given below and answer the question

The table gives attendance of employees (number of employees present) on five week days in five officers, namely, A,B,C,D and E:

DaysNumber of employees present in offices
ABCDE
Monday139147211141184
Tuesday141189164189151
Wednesday115141159156136
Thursday89223120147113
Friday18793257160124

 

The number of employees present in office E on Monday is what percent more than the number of employees present in office C on Thursday?

The correct answer is
53.33%

This question asks us to find the percentage by which the number of employees present in office E on Monday is more than the number of employees present in office C on Thursday. To solve this, we first need to extract the relevant attendance figures from the provided table.

Attendance Figures Extraction

  • Number of employees present in office E on Monday: From the table, we find the value at the intersection of the 'Monday' row and the 'E' column, which is 184.
  • Number of employees present in office C on Thursday: From the table, we find the value at the intersection of the 'Thursday' row and the 'C' column, which is 120.

Calculating the Percentage Increase

To find out how much more the attendance in office E on Monday is compared to office C on Thursday, we first calculate the difference in the number of employees. Then, we calculate this difference as a percentage of the attendance in office C on Thursday (the base value for comparison).

Step 1: Calculate the difference in attendance

Difference = (Employees in Office E on Monday) - (Employees in Office C on Thursday)

Difference = $184 - 120 = 64$

Step 2: Calculate the percentage increase

The formula for percentage increase is:

$$ \text{Percentage Increase} = \left( \frac{\text{Difference}}{\text{Original Value}} \right) \times 100 $$

Here, the Original Value is the number of employees present in office C on Thursday.

Percentage Increase = $ \left( \frac{64}{120} \right) \times 100 $

Now, we simplify the fraction:

Percentage Increase = $ \left( \frac{64}{120} \right) \times 100 = \left( \frac{8}{15} \right) \times 100 $

Percentage Increase = $ \frac{800}{15} $

Performing the division:

Percentage Increase = $ 53.333... \% $

Conclusion

The number of employees present in office E on Monday is approximately 53.33% more than the number of employees present in office C on Thursday. This matches option 4.

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Important Questions from Data Interpretation

  1. The table given below shows the earnings of two persons on five different days.

    Earnings
    Days PQ
    Monday105150
    Tuesday96110
    Wednesday65122
    Thursday115106
    Friday13068
    What is the ratio of total earnings of P to the total earnings of Q? 
  2. The table below shows the number of toys of 6 different colours sold from a shop during a given period. The table also shows the percentage of toys of each colour which are cars.

    ColourTotal toysPercentage of cars
    C150012
    C260015
    C340012.5
    C455010
    C565020
    C645010

    What is the total number of car toys of C2 and C3 taken together?

  3. Study the given graph carefully and answer the question that follows. The graph shows the demand and production of different companies.

    The ratio between the companies having more production than demand and more demand than production is:

  4. Study the given table and answer the question that follows. The given table shows the number of new employees added to different categories of employees in a company for four years and the number of employees from these categories who left the company every year.

     

    During the period between 2001 and 2004, the total number of Technicians who left the Company is what percentage (rounded off to the nearest integer) of the total number of Technicians who joined the Company?

  5. The given pie-chart shows the percentage distribution of 20,000 employees in a company. Study the given chart and answer the question that follows. If 30% of the employees in department D are females, then how many male employees are there in that department?

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