A home decor company produces five different products - Bed sheets, Clocks, Wall hangings, Curtains and Wall stickers. The sales of these five products (in lakh number of packs) during 2018 and 2019 are shown in the following bar-graph.
Based on the given information, sales have increased by nearly 55% from 2018 to 2019 in the case of:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
Lets solve one by one for each option.
1. Curtains
Increase in sale from 2018 to 2019 = \(\frac{12.21 - 7.88 }{7.88 }\) × 100
= \(\frac{ 4.33 }{7.88 }\) × 100
= 54.94%
= 55% ( approx )
2. Bed sheets
Increase in sale from 2018 to 2019 = \(\frac{48.17 - 20.15 }{20.15 }\) × 100
= \(\frac{ 28.02 }{20.15 }\) × 100
= 13.9%
3. Wall stickers
Increase in sale from 2018 to 2019 = \(\frac{10.19 - 5.01 }{5.01 }\) × 100
= \(\frac{ 5.18 }{5.01 }\) × 100
= 103.39%
4. Wall hangings
Increase in sale from 2018 to 2019 = \(\frac{29.14 - 14.97 }{14.97 }\) × 100
= \(\frac{14.17 }{14.97 }\) × 100
= 94.65%
Ans :- Curtains