During one semester of school, Sara Baker spent $6200 on expenses. She spent $1240 of that $6200, or 20%, on rent. On a circle graph of Sara's expenses, how many degrees must represent rent?

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During one semester of​ school, Sara Baker spent ​$6200 on expenses. She spent ​$1240 of that ​$6200​, or 20​%, on rent. On a circle graph of​ Sara's​ expenses, how many degrees must represent​ rent?
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GPT-4o mini · Answer

To find out how many degrees represent rent on a circle graph, we can use the following relationship:

A full circle is 360 degrees.
The percentage of the circle that corresponds to rent can be calculated as follows:

\[ \text{Degrees for rent} = \left(\frac{\text{Amount spent on rent}}{\text{Total expenses}}\right) \times 360 \]

Given that Sara spent $ $1240 $ on rent out of a total of $ $6200 $:

\[ \text{Degrees for rent} = \left(\frac{1240}{6200}\right) \times 360 \]

First, calculate the fraction:

\[ \frac{1240}{6200} = 0.2 \]

Now, multiply this fraction by 360 degrees:

\[ \text{Degrees for rent} = 0.2 \times 360 = 72 \]

So, the degree measurement that represents rent on the circle graph is:

72 degrees.

During one semester of​ school, Sara Baker spent ​$6200 on expenses. She spent ​$1240 of that ​$6200​, or 20​%, on rent. On a circle graph of​ Sara's​ expenses, how many degrees must represent​ rent?

During one semester of school, Sara Baker spent $6200 on expenses. She spent $1240 of that $6200, or 20%, on rent. On a circle graph of Sara's expenses, how many degrees must represent rent?