Question

The table above lists the annual budget, in thousands of dollars, for each of six different state programs in Kansas from $2007$ to $2010$.
Of the following, which program's ratio of its $2007$ budget to its $2010$ budget is closest to the human resources program's ratio of its $2007$ budget to its $2010$ budget?

• A. Agriculture/natural resources
• B. Education
• C. Highways and transportation
• D. Public safety

Answer 1

The correct option is B Education

Ratio of the budget of Human resources in $2007$ to $2010$ is $\frac{4,051,050\times \$1000}{5,921,379\times \$1000}=0.684$
Let us now calculate the ratio of budgets in $2007$ to $2010$ of other programs.
1. For agriculture, it is $\frac{373,904\times \$1000}{488,106\times \$1000}=0.766$
2. For Education, it is $\frac{2,164,607\times \$1000}{3,008,036\times \$1000}=0.72$
3. For General government, it is $\frac{14,347,325\times \$1000}{14,716,155\times \$1000}=0.975$
4. For Highways and transportation, it is $\frac{1,468,482\times \$1000}{1,773,893\times \$1000}=0.83$
5. For Public safety, it is $\frac{263,463\times \$1000}{464,233\times \$1000}=0.568$
Out of these, the ratio of Education's budget is closest to the that of the Human Resources.