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Study the following table carefully and answer the questions given below it:Number of Different categories of vehicles sold in the country over the years (in thousands)

Year	Heavy	Light Commercial Vehicles	Cars	Jeeps	Two Wheelers
1990	26	64	232	153	340
1991	45	60	242	172	336
1992	72	79	248	210	404
1993	81	93	280	241	411
1994	107	112	266	235	442
Total	331	408	1268	1011	1933

The number of Heavy Vehicles sold in 1993 was approximately what percent of the total number of Vehicles sold in 1992 ?

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

\begin{aligned}
\text{Required percentage =}\\
\left(\frac{81}{72+79+248+210+404}*100\right)\% \\
= \left(\frac{81}{1013}*100\right)\% \\
= 7.99\% = 8\%& approx\\
\end{aligned}