Direction: A Table showing the percentages of the total population of a State by age groups for the year 1991 is given below. Answer the questions given below it.
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If there are 10 million people in the age group 56 years and above, what is the difference between the number of people in the age groups 16–25 and 46–55?
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- 6.8 million
- 5.6 million
- 28.4 million
- 34.7 million
Correct Option: A
Given :- Difference between the Percent of people in the age groups 16–25 and 46–55 = 3.50
percentage of people in the age group 56−65 = 5.12%
Total number of people in the age group 56 years and above = 10 million
Required difference in the population
| = | Total number of people in the age group 56 years and above | x 3.50 |
| percentage of people in the age group 56−65 | ||
| = | 10 | x 3.50 ≈ 6.8 million |
| 5.12 | ||
