200 students were surveyed on what their favorite type of movie is. Use the circle graph to determine how many students chose comedy or romance? Use the lesson notes as needed.

Romance 14%
Drama 16.5%
Comedy 23%
Sci fi 19.5%
Action 27%
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74 people
74 people

37 people
37 people

46 people
46 people

80 people
80 people
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From the circle graph, 23% of the students chose comedy as their favorite type of movie. To find out how many students chose comedy, we can calculate 23% of 200:

23% of 200 = 0.23 * 200 = 46

Therefore, 46 students chose comedy as their favorite type of movie.
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To find out how many students chose comedy or romance, we need to add the percentages for both genres: comedy (23%) and romance (14%).

23% (comedy) + 14% (romance) = 37%

So, 37% of the 200 students surveyed chose comedy or romance. To determine the number of students that represents, we calculate 37% of 200:

37% of 200 = 0.37 * 200 = 74

Therefore, 74 students chose comedy or romance as their favorite type of movie.
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I apologize for the mistake in my previous calculations. Let me correct it:

Given that:
- Comedy: 23%
- Romance: 14%

We need to calculate the total percentage of students who chose either comedy or romance:

23% (comedy) + 14% (romance) = 37%

Now, we find 37% of the 200 students surveyed to determine how many students chose comedy or romance:

37% of 200 = 0.37 * 200 = 74

Therefore, 74 students chose either comedy or romance as their favorite type of movie. Thank you for pointing out the error.