Question

Four thousand students at a school were asked to name their favorite pizza topping. The results were 800 Pepperoni, 1,000 Sausage, 1,200 Mushrooms, 560 Peppers, 240 Onions, and 200 Other. Your friend expresses these results in this circle graph. Your friend made a mistake, however. What is wrong with his graph?

Answer 1

The pepperoni and peppers are mixed up

Explanation:

Answer 2

The mistake my friend made was that pepperoni and peppers are mixed up, pepperoni is suppose to be 20% while peppers is supposed to be 14%

Explanation:

Given that 4000 students

Pepperoni = 800

Sausage = 1,000

Mushrooms = 1,200

Peppers = 560

Onions = 240

Other = 200

To find the degree of each on the circle graph, we have:

Pepperoni = 800/4,000 * 100 = 20%

Sausage = 1,000/4,000 * 100 = 25%

Mushrooms = 1,200/4,000 * 100 = 30%

Peppers = 560/4,000 * 100 = 14%

Onions = 240/4,000 * 100 = 6%

Other = 200/4,000 * 100 = 5%

The mistake my friend made is that pepperoni and peppers are mixed up, pepperoni is suppose to be 20% while peppers is supposed to be 14%