Question

Julian is trying to decide on a future career. He has narrowed down his choices to orthodontist, sound engineering technician, police officer, or editor. The following table represents the total employment numbers for 2006 and projected employment numbers for 2016. Orthodontist Sound engineer technician Police officer Editor 2006 9,206 16,125 648,982 122,273 2016 10,214 17,864 719,041 124,135 Which profession is projected to have the greatest percent of increase in the number of jobs from 2006 to 2016? a. Orthodontist b. Sound engineer technician c. Police officer d. Editor.

Answer 1

Percentage is the way to represent the part of a whole in a fraction of 100.The greatest percent of the increase in the number of jobs from 2006 to 2016 is orthodontist which is 10.94 percent.

Given-

In the given table we have to find out the percent of the increase in the number of each job to find out the greatest one.

Percentage

Percentage is the way to represent the part of a whole in a fraction of 100.

1-Orthodontist-

In 2006 the total number of orthodontists was 9206.

In 2016 the total number of orthodontists was 10214

Percent of increase in this job is,

$p_{1} =\dfrac{10214-9206}{9206}\times100$

$p_{1} =10.94%$

Hence, percent of the increase in this job is 10.94 present.

2-Sound engineer technician-

In 2006 the total number of Sound engineer technicians was 16125

In 2016 the total number of Sound engineer technicians was 17864

Percent of increase in this job is,

$p_{2} =\dfrac{17864-16125}{16125}\times100$

$p_{2} =10.78%$

Hence, percent of the increase in this job is 10.78 percent.

3-Police officer-

In 2006 the total number of Police officers was 648982

In 2016 the total number of Police officers was 719041

Percent of increase in this job is,

$p_{3} =\dfrac{719041-648982}{648982}\times100$

p_{3} =10.79%

Hence, percent of the increase in this job is 10.79 percent.

4- Editor-

In 2006 the total number of Editors was 122273

In 2016 the total number of Editors was 124135

Percent of increase in this job is,

$p_{2} =\dfrac{124135-122273}{122273}\times100$

$p_{4} =1.52%$

Hence, percent of the increase in this job is 1.52 percent.

Hence, the greatest percent of the increase in the number of jobs from 2006 to 2016 is orthodontist which is 10.94 percent.

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