The graph above is a bar chart with six measurements, each representin

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https://gmatclub.com/forum/download/file.php?mode=view&id=52414 The graph above is a bar chart with six measurements, each representing a certain eye color, based on 1,000 observations made in February of 2012. Use the drop-down menus to fill in the blanks in each of the following statements based on the information given by the graph. 1. Individuals with grey eyes comprise approximately GRAPH_1_PLACEHOLDER of the individuals. 2. If a study of 1,000 individuals conducted in February of 1912 found that 90 individuals had blue eyes, the number of individuals having blue eyes has GRAPH_2_PLACEHOLDER since February of 1912. The Last two questions based on this stem can be found here. Graphics.jpg

Apt0810 · Answer

1)B, since grey eyes count~ 40 so % is 4%
2)C,count of blue eyes in 2012 ~ 75 so % change is 16.67%(decrease)
3)440(most,brown) -40(least,grey)= 400

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Franzhel · Answer

1) B is a bit under 50, so its less than 50/1000=5%. Therefore the answer should be a bit less than 5%. Answer B
2) The new amount is 75, so the difference is -15. 15/90= 1/6=16.67% decrease. Answer C
3) Aprox 440 people with Brown eyes (the most) and a bit less than 50 with grey. Therefore the answer should be a bit more than 390. Answer D

kntombat · Answer

1) Individuals with grey eyes approximately comprise 4% of the individuals as the numeric value of grey is less than 50. therefore, 50/1000*100 = 5% but as grey is less than 50, the percentage of the number of people with grey also has to less than 5%, so the only option that suffices is Option B.
2) The revised value of blue is 75, which is a decrease of 15. therefore,  \frac{-15}{90} *100 = -16.67% approximately. Therefore, the answer is C.
3) the number of people with brown eyes are 440, the number of people with grey eyes are 40. Therefore, the difference is 440-40=400. 
Therefore the answer is D.

Raman109 · Answer

The question 1 is tricky. We need to look that the bar is at around 40 (as the total is 50 so each split would be around 10) and not 48.

chetan2u · Answer

Q 1 is correct. However, Q 2, although all the above members have found the correct answer, I believe it is too close for a clear cut answer.

The bar of blue is nt exactly between 50 and 100. It is slightly less than the mid point 75. Thus, it could be anywhere from 70 to 72. A decrease of 18 to 20 from 90 is almost 20-21%, ans to make matter worse, there is an option which says 20% decrease.
Those who are taking the bar to be 75 and not 72 are also finding 16.67% in the answer.

A poor quality question with a wrong OA. Better to be archived.

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