Discussion
Following table provides the data regarding the people who are seeking asylum in different countries. Asylum seekers: Share of top 15 receiving countries in total number of applications
All the data given in the table below are in percentages. For example, in 2007, USA received 15% applications out of total asylum seekers applications.
Countries: 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
USA: 15 13 13 15 17
France: 9 9 11 13 12
Germany: 6 6 7 11 10
Italy: 4 8 5 3 8
Sweden: 11 6 6 9 7
Belgium: 3 3 5 6 6
UK: 8 8 8 6 6
Canada: 8 10 9 6 6
Switzerland: 3 4 4 4 4
Turkey: 2 3 2 3 4
Austria: 4 3 4 3 3
Netherlands: 2 4 4 4 3
Australia: 1 1 2 3 3
Greece: 8 5 4 3 2
Norway: 2 4 5 3 2
USA received 72800 applications in the year 2010. Then the total number of asylum seekers who didn't apply to any to the countries mentioned in the table (approximately) are:
Answer: C
About 38800 asylum seekers applied to countries outside the table.
In 2010 the USA's 72800 applications were 15% of all applications, which gives the total.
\[ \begin{aligned} \text{total} &= \frac{72800}{0.15} \approx 485333 \\ \text{table, 2010} &= 92\% \\ \text{others} &= 8\% \times 485333 \approx 38827 \end{aligned} \]
The 92% is the sum of the fifteen countries' 2010 column (15 + 13 + 11 + 3 + 9 + 6 + 6 + 6 + 4 + 3 + 3 + 4 + 3 + 3 + 3). The remaining 8% is about 38827, which rounds to 38800. 36400 would be 7.5% of the total, and 37800 and 40200 match no share that the table supports.
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