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

Question

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.