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The table shows income, expenditure (rupees million) and profit percentage of a company, 2017 to 2022. The profit percent in 2022 rose by 33 and one-third percent over the previous year. Dashes are missing values to be calculated if required.

YearIncomeExpenditureProfit (%)
2017103.82412
201883.825
201995.7684
2020113.2820
2021133.1110
2022121.6

The expenditure in 2020 is what percentage more than the expenditure in 2017 (round off to two decimal places)?

A1.22
B1.69
C1.83 ✓ Correct
D1.45
Correct answer: (C) 1.83
Explanation

The 2020 expenditure is about 1.83% more, so the answer is 1.83.

The 2020 expenditure, from income 113.28 at 20% profit, is 94.4.

The 2017 expenditure, from income 103.824 at 12% profit, is 92.7.

The excess is 94.4 minus 92.7, which is 1.7.

The percentage more is 1.7 divided by 92.7 times 100.

This works out to about 1.83%.

Both expenditures are recovered by dividing income by one plus the profit rate before comparing.

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