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Quarterly Sales of Two Branches

Study the grouped bar graph below. It shows the quarterly sales (in thousands of pesos) of a company's Makati and Cebu branches for one year. Use it to answer the questions that follow.

What was the percent increase in the Makati branch's sales from Q1 to Q4?

  1. 37.5%
  2. 45%
  3. 27.27%
  4. 35%

Answer

A. 37.5%

Solution

Percent increase = (165 − 120)/120 × 100 = 45/120 × 100 = 37.5%. (Dividing by the new value, 165, is a common mistake.)

More Data Interpretation questions

  1. By how much did the Cebu branch's sales increase from Q1 to Q4?
  2. What were the total annual sales of the Makati branch?
  3. In which quarter did the Cebu branch have HIGHER sales than the Makati branch?
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  5. Pangasinan's total production is what percent of Nueva Ecija's total production?
  6. What percent of Isabela's total production came from the wet season?
  7. What was the total DRY-season production of the four provinces?
  8. Which province had the HIGHEST total palay production?
  9. In June, the household's savings were what percent of its income?
  10. What were the average monthly expenses for the six months?

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