Question

Instructions (36-40): The pie charts below show the percentage of students in each faculty at North West University and the number of non-US students in the Arts faculty. These percentages are rounded to the nearest whole number. There are 1049 students in the Arts faculty. Use this data to answer the question below.

40. There are 34 European medical students. What percentage of the faculty does this represent?

• A. 14%
• B. 18%
• C. 16%
• D. 15%

Hint:

Find the Medicine faculty size (5% of the total), then see what share of it the 34 Europeans form.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is D

We can also confirm this using quick percentage benchmarks instead of a direct division.

1. 14%: 14% of 228 is about 31.9, a bit short of 34, so it is wrong.
2. 18%: 18% of 228 is about 41, well above 34, so it is wrong.
3. 16%: 16% of 228 is about 36.5, still a bit more than 34, so it is wrong.
4. 15%: 10% of 228 is 22.8 and 5% of 228 is 11.4, so 15% is $22.8 + 11.4 = 34.2$, almost exactly 34, so this option fits.

Building 15% from the easy 10% and 5% benchmarks lands right on 34, confirming the share.

Let's summarize:

• Medicine faculty size $= 5\%$ of 4560 $= 228$.
• 34 out of 228 is closest to 15% using the 10%+5% benchmark check.

So Europeans are about 15% of the Medicine faculty, option D.