Question

In a recent phone survey, people were asked to state their favorite type of television show. The pie chart below summarizes the responses of those surveyed. (a) Which category was chosen by approximately one-fourth of those surveyed? Select One Drama (b) Approximately what percentage of those surveyed chose Comedy or News? Write your answer as a multiple of 10% - that is, 10%, 20%, Comedy 30%, ... Other Sports 1 % Documentary (c) If 5% of those surveyed chose Other, approximately what percentage chose Documentary? News O 2% 15% 30% 300% x 6 ?

Answer 1

Solution: Part-A: Looking at the pie-chart, we observe that the category"Drama" was chosen by approximately one-fourth of those surveyed. Hence, answer = "Drama" Part-B: The categories of "Comedy" and "News" together constitute almost 50% of the pie-chart area. Hence, approximately 50% of those surveyed chose Comedy or News. Hence, answer = 50% Part-C: The pie-chart area under "Documentary" is almost 3 times the area under "Other”. Hence, approximately 15% chose Documentary.