Asked by Bob

Julian is trying to decide on a future career. He has narrowed down his choices to orthodontist, sound engineering technician, police officer, or editor. The following table represents the total employment numbers for 2006 and projected employment numbers for 2016.


Orthodontist
Sound engineer technician
Police officer
Editor
2006
9,206
16,125
648,982
122,273
2016
10,214
17,864
719,041
124,135

Which profession is projected to have the greatest percent of increase in the number of jobs from 2006 to 2016?
a.
Orthodontist
b.
Sound engineer technician
c.
Police officer
d.
Editor

All Answers 1

Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Compute percent change = (2016 − 2006)/2006:

- Orthodontist: 1,008/9,206 ≈ 10.95%
- Sound engineering technician: 1,739/16,125 ≈ 10.78%
- Police officer: 70,059/648,982 ≈ 10.80%
- Editor: 1,862/122,273 ≈ 1.52%

Orthodontist has the greatest percent increase. Answer: a.