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Study the graph below and answer the questions that follow:
This graph depicts the last eight years’ annual salaries (in Rs. lacs.) offered to student during campus placement. Every year 100 students go through placement process. However, at least one of them fails to get placed. The salaries of all unplaced students are marked zero and represented in the graph.
The bold line in the graph presents Mean salaries at various years.
Identify the years in which the annual median salary is higher by at least 60% than the average salary of the preceding year?
Let's tabulate the information given in the graph,
In all the options since 2009 is given
Lets check if 2009 is satisfying the given criteria
Median salary of 2009 = 24 l
Avg salary of 2008 = 16 l
So Median salary of 2009 is between 40 to 50% higher than 2008 avg salary.
Hence options 1,3,4,5 can be negated .
Option B is the correct answer
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