Question

this circle graph shows the distribution of records sold by type of music. in a certain, 67 million records were sold. use the circle graph to answer following question. how many more pop/rock records than soul records were sold in the year shown ( round the decimals to the nearest tenth as needed)

Answer 1

Given data:

The total record sold is T=67 million.

The expression for the more pop/rock song sold than Soul songs is,

d=(56%-17%)T

Substitute the given value in the above expression.

d=(56%-17%)(67 million)

=(39%)(67 million)

=26.13 millions

Thus, the 26.13 millions more pop/rock song sold than Soul songs.