The following table shows the different types of cars sold by a company over the given years (numbers in thousands).

The percentage of type E cars sold of the total number of cars sold was minimum in which year?

2007

By solving for all the options one by one ,

1. 2011

Percentage of E cars sold over all the cars sold in 2011 =  \(\frac{14}{67}\) × 100

= 20.89%

2.  2007

Percentage of E cars sold over all the cars sold in 2007 =  \(\frac{9}{54}\) × 100

= 16.67%

3 . 2010

Percentage of E cars sold over all the cars sold in 2010 =  \(\frac{12}{67}\) × 100

= 17.91%

4. 2008

Percentage of E cars sold over all the cars sold in 2008 =  \(\frac{12}{57}\) × 100

= 21.05%

So ,Minimum percentage of sale is 16.67% in 2007.