Question

There were 74 female hobbits in the middle earth books. What percent of hobbits is that?

Please help! I’m absolutely stumped on this question and it’s due tomorrow! Thank you!!
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Answer 1

The caption mentions there are 937 total known characters.

The pie chart says 26% of these characters are hobbits, so there are

0.26 × 937 ≈ 243.62 hobbits

so at least 243 hobbits.

If 74 of them are female, then they make up

74/243 ≈ 0.304527 ≈ 30.5%

of the total number of hobbits.