Study the table carefully to answer the questions that follow:
Table shows the number of Students (in thousands) passed in an examination held in five different Universities in six years
YearABCDE Boys∣GirlsBoys∣GirlsBoys∣GirlsBoys∣GirlsBoys∣Girls200512.4∣8.314.3∣ 8.44.3∣3.44.7∣2.19.8∣3.1200611.6∣6.48.9∣7.24.9∣4.35.8∣4.37.3∣4.3200713.7∣7.87.6∣4.85.8∣6.89.3∣6.38.4∣3.2200818.4∣9.910.4∣ 8.47.4∣7.29.6∣4.44.6∣4.2200914.8 ∣11.49.6∣7.28.9∣6.18.4∣5.26.8∣3.1201018.2 ∣16.27.4∣5.211.8∣ 9.37.3∣5.17.8∣6.3
Twenty percent of the total students who passed in the exams from all the Universities together in the year 2009 got distinction.
What was the number of such students who got distinction?
16,300
Total students who passed from all the universities together in the year 2009 = 81.5 thousand
∴ Number of students who got distinction
=(81.5×20100) thousand
= 16300