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Direction: Study the following Bar graph and answer the questions. The Bar Graph gives the annual rates of inflation in percentages for 1975 and 1987.

  1. From 1975 to 1987, inflation rate increased in the third world countries approximately by
    1. 10%
    2. 20%
    3. 30%
    4. 36%
Correct Option: D

On the basis of given graph in question ,
Inflation rate of the third world in 1987 = 36.2
Inflation rate of the third world in 1975 = 26.6
Increase in rate = 36.2 - 26.6 = 9.6

Required percentage increase = Increase in rate × 100
Inflation rate of the third world in 1975

Required percentage increase =
9.6 × 100
≈ 36%
26.6



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