Practicing Success
The bar chart shows the production of sugar by a company (in 1000 tons) over 6 years 2010 to 2015. Find ratio of production increase of year 2011 to production increase of year 2015 compared to their respective previous year. |
2 : 3 3 : 2 5 : 2 4 : 7 |
3 : 2 |
Percentage increase in the production of sugar of year 2011 = \(\frac{60 - 40}{60}\) × 100 = 50% Percentage increase in the production of sugar of year 2015 = \(\frac{80 - 60}{60}\) × 100 = \(\frac{100}{3}\) % Ratio → 50% : \(\frac{100}{3}\) % → 150 : 100 3 : 2 |