Question

When a survey was conducted among 100 students to find their favorite pizza topping, 45 students voted for pepperoni, 25 for mushrooms, and 30 voted for cheese. If a pie chart were made showing the number of votes for each topping, the central angle for the cheese sector would be __________.

Answer 1

The central angle for the cheese sector would be 108 degrees.

Explanation:

We know that a pi chart takes the form of a circle so the total angle measure is 360 degrees.

Now we want to find out what ratio of the pie chart that cheese takes up and apply it to the total degree measure.

30 of 100 students voted for cheese:

so the ratio would be 30/100 or 3/10

Now apply that to the total angle measure:

3/10*360 degrees= 108 degrees.