The attached graph displays the annual percent change in the Consumer

1. The Consumer Price Index figure for urban medical care for 2003 was _______ the figure for 2000.
Let till 1999 the CPI was 10. Now in 2000 it grew by 4% approx. So new CPI in 2000 = 10.4.
Now till 2003 the CPI increased by approximately 4.5%, 5%(although its >5) and 3.5%. (Since we cannot pin on the exact no in the image, I am taking the approx %ages.)
Therefore: CPI in 2003 comes approx = 11.810.

thus we can say that CPI in 2003 is higher than the figure in 2000.
Answer A
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2. From 1994 to 2003, the Consumer Price Index figure for urban healthcare _______
now the %age increases are : 4.9%, 3.8%, 3%,2.8%, 3.5%, 3.8%,4.5%,4.8%,3.8%, the total of which = approx. 34.64.
thus we can conclude that the % increase is > 20% for sure.

Answer - A


3. Direct one, since as in 1st also we say that CPI was higher in 2003, it would be, since its always increasing as compared to the previous years.
Answer D

 
­In this question you dont have to do almost any calculation and can solve it very fast
Question 1 ) The graph is about percentual change per year, and every percent is positive. So, the more recent the year, the higher the CPI value.
Answer: Higher Than

Question 2 ) Here we have to evaluate whether the compound change makes more than x% (= the options in the droplist = +-10%/20%). Since there are ~10 years to be compounded, and the avg percent increase lays around 4%, it clearly makes more than 20% positive increase.
Answer: Increased by more than 20%

­1. The Consumer Price Index figure for urban medical care for 2003 was [higher than] the figure for 2000.

The graphs show percent increase only, not the whole CPI figure

CPI increased over the year

=> The figure for 2003 is greater than that for 2000


2. From 1994 to 2003, the Consumer Price Index figure for urban healthcare [Increased by more than 20%].

I just used the calculator

1.05 * 1.04 * 1.03 * 1.03 * 1.035 * 1.04 * ...

After only a 5, 6 or 7 first multipliers do I already receive a product greater than 1.2

​​​​​​​=> Surely increase more than 20%

but in 2003 % increased is lower than 2000 than how can ans be higher than can u explain this?

hey Bunuel could you please explain this.... in a simpler language