Question

You collected the following data about the color of dresses at the prom:

Red Black Blue white other
14 37 22 56 33



When making a pie chart for this data, what percentage of the circle would the sector labeled "Red" take up? Round your answer to the nearest whole percent.
A. 9%
B. 14%
C. 23%
D. 25%

Answer 1

14% right?

Answer 2

\(\displaystyle \frac{\text{# red dresses}}{\text{total # of dresses}}\)

Answer 3

14/162 do i divide then?

Answer 4

14% would be correct if there were 100 colored dresses only, but there are more than 100 dresses.

Answer 5

Yep,

\(\displaystyle \frac{14}{14+37+22+56+33}=~?\%\)

Answer 6

it would still be 14% correct?

Answer 7

Nope :(

\(\displaystyle \frac{14}{14+37+22+56+33}=\frac{14}{162}\times 100=~?\%\)

Answer 8

=8.641975....

Answer 9

so 9%

Answer 10

It is indeed :)

Answer 11

good job!

Answer 12

You as well lol!