The three pie charts below show the changes in annual spending by a particular UK school in 1981, 1991 and 2001.

The pie charts illustrate the changes in spending patterns in a school located in the UK in 1981, 1991, and 2001. From an

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perspective, it is readily apparent that a significant amount of money was spent on teacher’s salaries in those three years,

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the lowest percentage belonged to the expenditure on insurance.

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, there was a downward trend in other worker’s wages,

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the opposite was true for insurance, which experienced an increase throughout the years. Teachers’ wages, which stood at 40% in 1981, went up to 50% in 1991 before decreasing to 45% in 2001. The total school spending on furniture and equipment accounted for 15% in 1981, declining by 10% in 1991 and

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rising again to over 20% in 2001. When it comes to different resources including books and other items, which constituted 15% in the first year, rose to 20% after 5 years before dropping by around 10% in the final year.