Question

Mrs. Taylor asked 40 students their favorite movie genre. The circle graph shows the percentages of movie genres chosen by the students.Science FictionAction40%Horror10%Comedy30%Based on the circle graph, how many students chose science fiction as their favorite movie genre?

Answer 1

Amanda, this is the solution:

Step 1: Let's calculate the percentage of students that chose science fiction as their favorite movie genre.

• Science fiction percentage = 100 - 40 - 30 - 10

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• Science fiction percentage = 100 - 80

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• Science fiction percentage = 20

Step 2: Now, let's find the number of students that represent the 20% that chose science fiction.

• Number of students that chose science fiction = 20% * 40

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• Number of students that chose science fiction = 0.2 * 40

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• Number of students that chose science fiction = 8