Question

A group of 450 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?

99
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22

Answer 1

99

Explanation:

cuz its correct

Answer 2

(a) 99

Explanation:

You want to know the number of students who prefer sports television, given that 14%, 24%, 20%, and 20% prefer drama, documentaries, reality, and sci-fi, respectively.

Sports

The percentage preferring sports is ...

100% -(14% +24% +20% +20%) = 22%

That fraction of 450 students is ...

0.22 × 450 = 99

99 middle school students prefer the Sports television genre, choice A.

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