Question

You collected the following data about the colors of cars in the student parking lot.

White
88

Red

85

Black

104

Blue

35

Other

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.

answers below:

24%

28%

32%

37%

Answer 1

To calculate the percentage of the cars that the sector labeled "White" would include in a pie chart, follow these steps:

1. **Total the number of cars**:
- White: 88
- Red: 85
- Black: 104
- Blue: 35
- Other: 48

Total = 88 + 85 + 104 + 35 + 48 = 360

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

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

Therefore, the sector labeled "White" would include **24%** of the cars in the pie chart.