Question

A group of 500 middle school students were randomly selected and asked about their preferred television genre. A circle graph was created from the data collected.

a circle graph titled preferred television genre, with five sections labeled drama 14 percent, sports, documentaries 24 percent, reality 20 percent, and sci-fi 20 percent

How many middle school students prefer the Sports television genre?

22
78
79.2
110

Answer 1

Answer: 110 students

Answer 2

110 students

Explanation:

The total is 100%. Subtract the other parts of the circle to find the percent for sports.

100 - 14 -24-20 -20

22

Sports is 22%

Multiply the number of students by the percentage of students that prefer sports

500 *22%

500 *.22

110