The following graph shows the percentage of all new cars in which side

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The following graph shows the percentage of all new cars in which side airbags were either standard or optional, from 1997 through 2012.

The year in which the highest percent of new cars sold had optional side airbags was
The year in which cars with optional side airbags was the greatest percentage of cars with standard side airbags was

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Dropdown 1: 2005 Dropdown 2: 2000

Bikram35279 · Answer

Text Explanation from magoosh
For the first, the " year in which the highest percent of new cars sold had optional side airbags," we are looking a percent from all new cars. So of the 100% possible in each column, we want the biggest share going to the "optional" part of the bar. In other words, we want the biggest gray bar. Well, the gray bars are small at the beginning, get bigger in the middle, and get small toward the ends, and 2005 appears to have the largest gray bar, certainly larger than that of 2000 or 2010.

First blank = 2005

In the second, we are comparing the size of the optional part (gray) to the size of the standard part (blue), and want to know, where is gray the largest percentage of blue? Well, when the blue is big, the gray is going to be a relatively small percentage of it, but when the blue is small, on the left side of the chart, then the gray can be a much bigger percentage of it. In 2000, the size of the blue bar and the gray bar are approximately equal, so the optional section is approximately 100% of the standard section. Certainly in the other possible years, 2005 and 2010, the gray bar is nowhere near 100% of the blue bar.

Second blank = 2000

APram · Answer

Yes the question is all about visualization instead of actual calculation.

The first can be answered by looking at bar which is highest gray bar which is 2005
The second can be answered by looking at the gray bar comparable to blue bar which is at 2000

arushishah · Answer

I am unable to understand the first part

chris1223 · Answer

GMATNinja  pls explain this question

licrolicro · Answer

1. in 2000, gray / all > 1/3 in 2005, gray / all < 1/3 should be 2000 2. in 2000, gray / blue > 1/2 in 2005, gray / blue < 1/2 so it's 2000

Aabhash777 · Answer

Remember the Y-axis measures percent. The question asks which has the highest percent of optional side bags, so do not calculate anything. Just see the grey bar with maximum length as the bar itself is percent.

arushishah

I am unable to understand the first part

Aabhash777 · Answer

Again in Question 1
  Remember the Y-axis measures percent. The question asks which has the highest percent of optional side bags, so do not calculate anything. Just see the grey bar with maximum length as the bar itself is percent.

pappal · Answer

for part one: 
y2000-> grey/total=6/16=3/8=12.5%*3=37.5%
y2005->grey/total=16/48=1/3=33.33%
so y2000 should be the answer 
(corrections are invited with advance thanks)

srik410 · Answer

This is a trick question. The graph on y axis already shows a percentage value. Say you have 100 new cars, then in 2000, then 7 of them have optional airbags and 10 have airbags as standard

When they say the highest percent have optional airbags, they are referring to the 7 number above, which is directly the gray length. If you divide by total again, that would be double percentage

adipisci · Answer

The graph shows new cars sold as percentage in the y axis which can mean percentage of new cars sold among all cars sold. But the question asks percentage of optional airbags among the new cars sold (NOT the percentage of new cars sold).

So, it should be the proportion of the grey part and blue part of the bars. Answer should be 2000

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