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Question 322
Quantitative Techniques and Data Interpretation
2020
Medium
MCQ
+4.00 marks · -1.00 negative
Number of Boys and Girls (in hundreds) in six different years in 5 different schools data is given below:
Year | A Boys | A Girls | B Boys | B Girls | C Boys | C Girls | D Boys | D Girls | E Boys | E Girls
2014 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 5.2 | 3.1 | 5.5 | 4.5 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 6.5 | 6.6
2015 | 6.6 | 4.2 | 4.9 | 2.2 | 6.9 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 2.3 | 5.5 | 3.6
2016 | 9.3 | 6.9 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 5.8 | 4.9 | 6.4 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 2.4
2017 | 5.4 | 9.6 | 6.3 | 5.4 | 6.6 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.7
2018 | 8.4 | 12.9 | 7.5 | 5.9 | 8.7 | 6.6 | 12.1 | 5.2 | 6.8 | 6.5
2019 | 12.3 | 14.4 | 9.8 | 4.4 | 11.7 | 4.2 | 12.2 | 9.4 | 10.8 | 12.7
What is the approximate percentage decrease in the number of boys in school D in the year 2017 as compared to the previous year ?
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