A new physician saw 841 clients during the first year of practice and 1072 clients during the second year of the practice. Which of the following represents the approximate percentage increase in the client volume?
A. 22%
B. 27%
C. 127%
D. 78%
Change in weight of client=new -old=1072-841= 231
Percent change=change/old*100%=231/841*100%=27.47%
The percentage change increase is about 27%
Therefore, the Correct Answer is B.
More Questions on TEAS 7 Math
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Q #1: Which of the following is the median of the data set below?? 5, -3, 10, -2, 0
A. 10
B. 0
C. 5
D. 2
Answer Explanation
Organize the date set from the smallest to the largest as:
-3, -2, 0, 5, 10
Median means one that is at the middle, and from the above-given data set, 0 falls at the middle.
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Q #2: A homeowner has hired two people to mow his lawn. If person A is able to mow the lawn in 2 hr by herself and person B is able to mow in lawn in 3 hr by himself. Which of the following is the amount of time it would take for both person A and B to mow the lawn together?
A. 5 hours
B. 2.5 hours
C. 1.2 hours
D. 1 hours
Answer Explanation
We know that the two people work on the same work but the time to complete the work differs. Thus, the rate of doing the work for each person is as follows:
Rate of work for person A = 1 /2 work per hr
Rate of work for person B=1/3 work per hour
If person A and B work together, the time of doing the same work will be less than the fastest person A. Thus, we combine the two rates of A and B
We have 1 work and time to complete by both A and B becomes
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Q #3: Which of the following weights is equivalent to 3.193 kilograms?
A. 3,193,000 grams
B. 3,193 grams
C. 319.3 grams
D. 0.003193 grams
Answer Explanation
We use the relation 1 kg=1000 g to convert 3.193 kg to g
