Study the following bar-chart and answer the question that follows. The bar-chart shows the sales of laptops (in thousands) over a period of four years.
Find the percentage increase in sales from 2012 to 2013 giving your answer correct to two places of decimal.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
Percentage increase in sale from 2012 to 2013 = \(\frac{52 - 36 }{36}\) × 100
= \(\frac{ 16 }{36}\) × 100
= 44.44%