Study the given graph table and answer the questions that follows.

Category of Employees	Numbers in 2000	Numbers in 2002
Managers	19	9
Accountants	115	154
Programmers	134	173
Technicians	116	120
Analysis	32	133
Peons	96	149

What is the approximate difference in the percentage increase of accountant and Technicians between 2000 to 20002?

Correct option is C

Given:

Accountants (2000) = 115,  Accountants (2002) = 154

Technicians (2000) = 116,  Technicians (2002) = 120

Formula used:

$$\frac{\text { Number in } 2002-\text { Number in } 2000}{\text { Number in } 2000} \times 100$$ 

Solution:

$$\text { Accountants: } \frac{154-115}{115} \times 100=\frac{39}{115} \times 100 \approx 33.91 \%$$  

$$\text { Technicians: } \frac{120-116}{116} \times 100=\frac{4}{116} \times 100 \approx 3.45 \%$$ 

Difference in percentage increase:

33.91% − 3.45% ≈ 31%

Thus, the correct answer is (C).

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