{"id":"cb_question_bank:c4c8ef10-663f-4419-9bdc-863153b75416","source_id":"cb_question_bank","source_item_id":"c4c8ef10-663f-4419-9bdc-863153b75416","external_id":null,"ibn":"029360-DC","question_id":"194ae3b1","program":"SAT","module":"math","domain_code":"Q","domain":"Problem-Solving and Data Analysis","skill_code":"Q.B.","skill":"Percentages","difficulty":"E","score_band":3,"answer_type":"mcq","answer_source":"key","layout_warning":null,"form_id":null,"module_number":null,"position":null,"stem":"There were approximately 113,000 occupational therapy jobs in the United States in 2012. The Bureau of Labor Statistics has projected that this number will increase by 29% from 2012 to 2022. Of the following, which is closest to the number of occupational therapy jobs the bureau has projected for the United States in 2022?","stimulus":"","stimulus_html":null,"stem_html":"<p class=\"stem_paragraph \">There were approximately 113,000&nbsp;occupational therapy jobs in the United States in 2012. The Bureau of Labor Statistics has projected that this number will increase by 29% from 2012 to 2022. Of the following, which is closest to the number of occupational therapy jobs the bureau has projected for the United States in 2022?</p>\n","rationale_html":"<p>Choice D is correct. The decimal equivalent of 29% is 0.29. It’s given that the 113,000 occupational therapy jobs in the United States in 2012 are projected to increase by 29% by 2022. Increasing 113,000 by 29% can be expressed as <span class=\"math-container\"><img align=\"middle\" role=\"math\" class=\"math-img\" src=\"/api/assets/45ab27084937fa036b861ca524c1290483c310471fc558760bbe32e5064c8031\" alt=\"113,000 times, open parenthesis, 1 plus 0 point 2 9, close parenthesis\"></span>, or <span class=\"math-container\"><img align=\"middle\" role=\"math\" class=\"math-img\" src=\"/api/assets/647f27afe73ac70c41fc2674044a49f67704be12f4467f980bf4ab20abf3806f\" alt=\"113,000 times 1 point 2 9\"></span>. Evaluating this expression yields 145,770. The closest number is 145,800 in choice D.</p><p>Choice A is incorrect and may result from increasing 113,000 by 2,900 instead of by 29%. Choice B is incorrect and may result from increasing 113,000 by 2.9% instead of by 29%. Choice C is incorrect and may result from increasing 113,000 by 29,000 instead of by 29%.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p></p>\n","correct_answer":["D"],"has_media":true,"has_mathml":false,"has_table":false,"source_created_at":"2023-08-02T20:25:59.624000+00:00","source_updated_at":"2023-08-02T20:25:59.624000+00:00","options":[{"label":"A","content_html":"<p class=\"choice_paragraph \">115,900</p>\n","ord":0},{"label":"B","content_html":"<p class=\"choice_paragraph \">116,300</p>\n","ord":1},{"label":"C","content_html":"<p class=\"choice_paragraph \">142,000</p>\n","ord":2},{"label":"D","content_html":"<p class=\"choice_paragraph \">145,800</p>\n","ord":3}],"attribution":{"source_id":"cb_question_bank","source_name":"College Board digital SAT question bank (community dump)","rights_holder":"College Board","canonical_url":"https://satsuitequestionbank.collegeboard.org/","retrieved_from":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mdn522/sat-question-bank/main/data/cb-digital-questions.json","attribution":"SAT practice questions © College Board, from the official SAT Suite Question Bank. Retrieved via the community dump at github.com/mdn522/sat-question-bank.","disclaimer":"SAT® and PSAT/NMSQT® are trademarks registered by the College Board, which is not affiliated with, does not sponsor, and does not endorse this project.","license":"College Board copyright; source repository carries no licence. Local use only.","redistributable":false,"item_count":2017}}