Statistics

Problem 610

Sir Sagar0

The pie chart shows the distribution of a person’s total yearly income of 36,000. Find the amount budgeted for utilities. <a href="http://mymathangels.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/12.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3180" src="http://mymathangels.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/12.png" alt="12" width="219" height="163" /></a> <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><strong>Solution:-</strong></em></span> Amount for utilities=8% So we can say that 8% of 36000 Solve it according to percent method Suppose amount=x

So   x*100/36000=8

Cross multiply

100x=8*36000

100x=288000

X=288000/100

X=$2880

 

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