Question

Study the bar graph and answer the question given below:

What was the percent increase in production of oil in $2006$ compared to that in $2012$?

• A. $100\%$
• B. $200\%$
• C. $300\%$
• D. $400\%$

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

$300\%$

Percentage we can get easily by getting the difference between two and then by finding that difference is what percent of the initial value.
So Percentage $=\frac{60-15}{15}\times 100\%$
$=300$
So there was an increase of $300\%$ from the year $2006$ and $2012$