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A circle graph has a 90° slice for walk, what percent walk

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The question

Question: a circle graph has a 90° slice for walk: what percent walk?

walk: 90°

Here is the slice.

90° of the 360° circle.

1 Angle over 360

The slice is 90 out of 360 degrees.

90 and 360 can both be divided by 90: 1/4.

= 90360 = 90 ÷ 90360 ÷ 90 = 14

Careful!

Degrees are out of 360, not out of 100.

Careful: not 90% ✗

2 As a percent

Percent means out of 100.

1/4 times 100% is 25%.

= 14 × 100% = 25%

3 Check

Let's check: 25% of 360 degrees is 90°, the slice.

So the answer is right!

25% of 360 = 90°

Let's look back.

First: angle over 360.

Then: as a percent.

Last: check.

Answer
= 14 × 100% = 25%

Your turn

Try this one yourself, then check:

walk: 36°
Show the answer
10%

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