Question

A group of 500 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 22 percent, documentaries 24 percent, reality 20 percent, and sci-fi

How many middle school students prefer the Sci-Fi television genre?

Answer 1

The answer to your problem is, 110 students in total.

Explanation:

The total is 100%. Subtract the other parts of the circle to find the percent for sports.

100 - 14 -24-20 -20

22

The sports thus being 22%

Multiply the number of students by the percentage of students that prefer sports

500 x 22% of it

= 110. Which could then be used as our answer

Thus the answer to you problem is, 110 students in total.