Question

The following table shows the number of medals won in the 2008 Olympics for swimming by the top five countries.

Country
Number of Medals
USA
31
Australia
20
Great Britain
6
China
6
France
6
How many degrees will the Australia section be in a circle graph of this data?
52
20°
29°
104

Answer 1

104 deg

Explanation:

Total number of medals: 31 + 20 + 6 +6 + 6 = 69

Number of Australian medals: 20

Fraction of total medals won by Australia: 20/69

A circle has a total of 360 deg.

Since Australia has 20/69 of the medals, it will have 20/69 of 360 degrees in the circle graph.

20/69 * 360 = 104.3

Answer: 104 deg

Answer 2

I believe it is 104 degrees.

Step by Step: First, You add all the medals for all the countries, giving you 69. Then, you make Australia's medals a fraction of 69, so 20/69. After this, since a circle has 360 degrees, you make x/360 and cross multiply. This takes you to 69x=7200. Now divide 7200 by 69, which gets you 104.347, or 104 degrees.