Question

The pie chart below represents the number of students in a Community College with their favorite subjects. If the college population is 18,560 students, how many of them preferred Science to other disciplines? How many decide to major in Mathematics?

Answer 1

(36°/360°)(18,560) = (1/10)(18,560) =

1,856 students preferred Science.

(144°/360°)(18,560) = (2/5)(18,560) =

7,424 students preferred Mathematics.