32 percent people of those surveyed chose the guitar
How to get the percentage of the guitar
To determine the percentage of classmates who chose the guitar as their favorite instrument based on Leslie's survey results:
Total votes = Total number of votes for all instruments
Total votes = 10 (guitar) + 12 (piano) + 6 (flute) + 4 (trumpet) = 32
Votes for piano = 12
Percentage of classmates who chose the piano = (Votes for piano / Total votes) * 100
Percentage of classmates who chose the guitar = (10 / 32) * 100 = 32%
This approximately 38 percent people
question
Leslie surveyed her classmates to find out which instrument they like best. She wants to make a circle graph to display the results. What percent of those surveyed chose the piano?
Favorite Instruments
Instrument
Votes
guitar
10
piano
12
flute
6
trumpet
4
12%
20%
32%
38%