Question

The following chart shows a store’s coat sales for two years and the percent increase in sales of jackets. Then find which percent of increase is greater and by how much greater it is than the other. Round your answer to the nearest tenth

Answer 1

The answer is B.

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Explanation:

Answer 2

Answer: Sales of jackets increased 18.8 percentage points faster than total coat sales.

Explanation:

From the given pie-charts, Sales of jackets in 2006=213

Sales of jackets in 2007= 285

`\text{Increase in Sales of jacket = Sales in 2007-Sales in 2006}\\\\\Rightarrow\text{Increase in Sales of jacket = }285-213=72`

The percentage increase in sale of jacket =
`\frac{\text{Increase in sales}}{\text{Sales in 2006}}*100`

`=(72)/(213)*100=33.8028169014\%\approx33.8\%`

Total sales in 2006=
`103+297+210+213+137=960`

Total sales in 2007=
`127+223+210+285+259=1104`

`\text{Increase in Total coat's sales = Total sales in 2007-Total sales in 2006}\\\\\Rightarrow\text{Increase in Total sales = }1104-960=144`

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The percentage increase in total coat's sales =
`\frac{\text{Increase in Total sales}}{\text{Total sales in 2006}}*100`

`=(144)/(960)*100=15\%`

Clearly, 33.8 >15

Hence, the percentage increase in sales of jackets is greater than percentage increase in the total coat's sales.

Difference in percent of total coats sales and jackets sales =
`33.80\% -15\% =18.80\%`

Hence, Sales of jackets increased 18.8 percentage points faster than total coat sales.