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Year 1
22
14
36
78
213
27
Year 2
26
17
43
90
218
30
Year 2 Year 1
4
3
7
12
5
3
As you can see from the table above, Finance and Real Estate (the C option) has the largest increase in Dollar amount from year 1 to
year 2.
2- The correct answer is E
Rationale: The increase in the Dollar amount of income from year 1 to year 5 = Year 5 Income Year 1 Income
Industry
Agriculture
Communication
Construction
Finance and Real Estate
Manufacturing
Transportation
Year 1
22
14
36
78
213
27
Year 5
51
21
57
118
287
40
Year 5 Year 1
29
7
21
40
74
13
As you can see from the table above, Transportation (the E option) has the smallest increase in Dollar amount from year 1 to year 5 of
those industries listed among the possible answers (Communication has the overall smallest increase but is not listed as an option).
3- The correct answer is A
Rationale: The percentage of increase from year 3 to year 4 = Year 4 Year 3 x 100
Year 3
Industry
Year 3
Year 4
Agriculture
Communication
Construction
Finance and Real Estate
Manufacturing
Transportation
26
18
47
100
226
33
30
20
52
108
253
36
As you can see from the table above, Agriculture (the A option) has the largest percentage increase.
4- The correct answer is D
Rationale: The percentage of change from year 1 to year 4 = Year 4 Year 1 x 100
Year 1
Industry
Year 1
Year 4
Agriculture
Communication
Construction
Finance and Real Estate
Manufacturing
Transportation
22
14
36
78
213
27
30
20
52
108
253
36
As you can see from the table above, Manufacturing (the D option) has the smallest percentage change.
Year 2 - Year 1
4
3
7
12
5
3
Year 3 Year 2
0
1
4
10
8
3
Year 4 Year 3
4
2
5
8
27
3
Year 5 Year 4
21
1
5
10
34
4
As you can see from the table above, Agriculture (the A option) has the least consistent trend, as it is the only industry to have moved
from growth to flat progression before moving back to growth. Also, the amount of increase in the last year was much higher and
inconsistent in comparison with the earlier periods where the amount of growth was in the range of 4.
Year 2 - Year 1
3
Year 3 Year 2
3
Year 4 Year 3
3
Year 5 Year 4
4
As you can see from the table above, the year on year change is in the range of 3 to 4. If we apply the same amount of change on year
5, the amount for year 6 should be in the range of 43 to 44. Therefore B is the right estimate.
Year 1
Year 1
0.28
0.64
0.46
0.37
1.93
Year 2
Year 2
0.29
0.65
0.48
0.42
1.76
Year 3
Year 3
0.26
0.69
0.47
0.44
1.83
Year 4
Year 4
0.27
0.67
0.48
0.43
1.80
Year 5
Year 5
0.43
0.41
0.48
0.41
1.90
As you can see from the table above, Construction/Finance (the C option) is the closest to 0.5 on a consistent basis.
Growth in Y2
18.2%
21.4%
19.4%
15.4%
2.3%
11.1%
Growth inY3
0%
5.8%
9.3%
11.1%
3.7%
10.0%
Growth in Y4
15.4%
11.1%
10.6%
8.0%
11.9%
9.1%
Growth in Y5
70.0%
5.0%
9.6%
9.3%
13.4%
11.1%
As you can see from the table above, the growth rate reached or exceeded 10% in 14 cases (count all gray shaded cells) and therefore
option D is the correct answer.
Growth in Y2
18.2%
21.4%
19.4%
15.4%
2.3%
11.1%
Growth inY3
0%
5.8%
9.3%
11.1%
3.7%
10.0%
Growth in Y4
15.4%
11.1%
10.6%
8.0%
11.9%
9.1%
Growth in Y5
70.0%
5.0%
9.6%
9.3%
13.4%
11.1%
As you can see from the table above, Transportation (option E) is the correct answer as it has the lowest fluctuations.
Y3-Y1 X 100
Y1
18.2%
28.6%
22.2%
18.2%
28.6%
30.6%
28.6%
30.6%
22.2%
30.6%
28.2%
22.2%
28.6%
30.6%
28.2%
As you can see from the table above, the shaded combination (the E option) is the correct answer.
Y3-Y1 X 100
Y1
18.2%
28.6%
30.6%
28.2%
6.1%
22.2%
As you can see from the table above, the growth rate was at least 20% in 4 cases (count all gray shaded cells) and therefore option D
is the correct answer.
Yx-Yx-1 x 100
Yx-1
15.4%
5.9%
19.4%
9.3%
11.9%