Employees recruited (R) and left (L) in five positions, 2016–2021 (2016 = founding strength). Dashes not given.

Position	2016	2017 R	2017 L	2018 R	2018 L	2019 R	2019 L	2020 R	2020 L	2021 R	2021 L
Administrators	380	140	60	90	46	74	44	80	36	96	48
Analysts	600	136	60	120	64	118	48	128	50	144	56
Programmers	440	128	52	120	60	104	50	96	56	124	72
Testers	580	100	50	112	52	124	48	136	44	130	46
Peons	410	92	48	76	44	98	40	112	60	—	—

The percentage increase in the number of employees working in the company in 2021 over that in 2016 was maximum for which position?

AAdministrator ✓ Correct

BAnalyst

CProgrammer

DTester

Correct answer: (A) Administrator

Explanation

The answer is administrator.

For administrators the strength rises from 380 to 626, an increase of about 64.73 percent.

For analysts it rises from 600 to 968, about 61.33 percent.

For programmers it rises from 440 to 722, and for testers from 580 to 940, about 62.41 percent.

The administrator increase of about 64.73 percent is the largest.

So the maximum percentage increase is for the administrator.

So the answer is administrator.

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