Question

Use the table to answer the 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) Responses 24% 24% 28% 28% 32% 32% 37%

Answer 1

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

1. Calculate the total number of cars:

\[
\text{Total cars} = \text{Red} + \text{Black} + \text{Blue} + \text{White} + \text{Other}
\]

Substituting the values from the data:

\[
\text{Total cars} = 85 + 104 + 35 + 88 + 48 = 360
\]

2. Calculate the percentage of cars that are White:

\[
\text{Percentage of White cars} = \left( \frac{\text{Number of White cars}}{\text{Total cars}} \right) \times 100
\]

Substituting the values:

\[
\text{Percentage of White cars} = \left( \frac{88}{360} \right) \times 100 \approx 24.44\%
\]

3. Round to the nearest percent:

\[
\text{Rounded percentage} \approx 24\%
\]

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