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Graph.jpg The graph shows the total number of Smartphone users and the total population worldwide for each of the years 2000–2010. From each drop-down menu, select the option that creates the most accurate statement based on the information provided The percent increase in the total number of Smartphone users from 2002 to 2007 was approximately GRAPH_1_PLACEHOLDER %. The number of Smartphone users per 100 people increased by approximately GRAPH_2_PLACEHOLDER from 2000 to 2010. Graph.jpg IR 5.docx

srcc25anu · Accepted Answer

1. SMartphone users in 2002 = 700
SMartphone users in 2007 = 1400
% Inc = (1400-700)*100 /700 = 100%

2. Year 2000: 400 handsets held by 6100 people so per 100 people there were ~6.5 smartphones
Year 2010: 2050 handsets held be 6850 people so per 100 people there were ~30 smartphones
Difference = ~23.5 or 24

Ans 100 and 24

arpanpatnaik · Answer

As always, a gr8 question!

Thanks Bunuel

The answer to the questions are 100 and 24. For the first part, Since there are 4 divisions between the 'Users in million' scale, the value of each division can be calculated as 125. The value of users at 2002 comes to be approximately, 625 and for 2007 it can be seen as 1375. The percentage change would be approx 750/625 % further reduced to 26/25% which can be approximately found as 100%. Similarly, for the second part, the users in the year 2000 ~ 500 Total population ~ 6200 % value approx 7% and users in 2010 ~ 2000 and total pop ~ 6800. % value approx 33% The difference in % = difference in terms of 100 people ~ 24% Hope its correct!

Regards, Arpan

Sajjad1994 · Answer

Official Explanation

The graph indicates that there were approximately 700 million Internet users in 2002 and approximately 1,400 million in 2007. Thus, between 2002 and 2007, the percent increase in the number of Internet users was approximately (1,400−700)/(700) (100)% = 100%.

The correct answer is 100.

The graph indicates that in 2000 the population was approximately 6,100 million, of whom approximately 400 million were Internet users, and in 2010 the population was approximately 6,875 million, of whom approximately 2,100 million were Internet users. Thus, in 2000 there were 100(400/6,100) ≈ 6.6 Internet users per 100 people, and in 2010 there were 100(2,100/6,875) ≈ 30.5 Internet users per 100 people. Therefore, from 2000 to 2010, the number of Internet users per 100 people increased by approximately 30.5 − 6.6 = 23.9 ≈ 24.

The correct answer is 24.

Amit2499 · Answer

hi. my question is that in part 2 why is it  -   ]X 100 AND NOT
  -   ]÷ ]X 100. .......... @sajjad1999 &  Bunuel . kindly please Explain

Adarsh_24 · Answer

Question is not about percentage increase. Just the increase. The 100 multiplication is for finding value per 100 people. NOT for finding %.

For example 
In 2010,

Users = 2100M
Total population =6850M
Total users/population = 2100M/6850M 
But we need per 100 people = population/100

So we are finding 
users / (population/100) = users*100 / population

Oppenheimer1945 · Answer

1) ~700 to ~1400 is 100% increase
2) (400/6100)*100 to (2100/6900)*100 is ~23.8

needforspeed112 · Answer

isn't this increase by percentage points ??  Bunuel

Bunuel · Answer

Here is the question:

The increase of 24 is measured in  users per 100 people , not percent. It’s a head-count style measure: from about 6.6 per 100 to about 30.5 per 100, the difference is roughly 24 users per 100 people. Not a “percent increase,” but an increase in this per-100 metric.

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