Question

You collected the following data about the colors of cars in the student parking lot. Red Black Blue White Other 85 104 35 88 48 When making a pie chart for this data, what percentage of the cars would the sector labeled "White" include? Round to the nearest percent. (1 point) 24% 28% 32% 37%

Answer 1

To find the percentage of cars that are white, we need to follow these steps:

1. **Calculate the total number of cars**:
\[
\text{Total} = \text{Red} + \text{Black} + \text{Blue} + \text{White} + \text{Other}
\]
\[
\text{Total} = 85 + 104 + 35 + 88 + 48 = 360
\]

2. **Calculate the percentage of white cars**:
\[
\text{Percentage of White} = \left( \frac{\text{White}}{\text{Total}} \right) \times 100
\]
\[
\text{Percentage of White} = \left( \frac{88}{360} \right) \times 100 \approx 24.44\%
\]

3. **Round to the nearest percent**:
24.44% rounds to 24%.

Thus, the sector labeled "White" would include approximately **24%** of the cars.