Questions: Review of Essential Skills and Problem Solving Interpreting a pie chart The pie chart below shows how the annual budget for Equipment Producers Incorporated is divided by department. Use this chart to answer the questions below. Sales Research Marketing Media Support Engineering (a) Which department accounts for approximately one-fifth of the annual budget? Select One (b) Approximately what percentage of the annual budget is used for Sales and Research combined? Write your answer as a multiple of 10% (that is, 10%, 20%, 30%,...) (c) If 15% of the annual budget is used for Support, approximately what percentage is used for Sales? 8% 20% 30% 200%

Review of Essential Skills and Problem Solving Interpreting a pie chart The pie chart below shows how the annual budget for Equipment Producers Incorporated is divided by department. Use this chart to answer the questions below. Sales Research Marketing Media Support Engineering (a) Which department accounts for approximately one-fifth of the annual budget? Select One (b) Approximately what percentage of the annual budget is used for Sales and Research combined? Write your answer as a multiple of 10% (that is, 10%, 20%, 30%,...) (c) If 15% of the annual budget is used for Support, approximately what percentage is used for Sales? 8% 20% 30% 200%
Transcript text: Review of Essential Skills and Problem Solving Interpreting a pie chart The pie chart below shows how the annual budget for Equipment Producers Incorporated is divided by department. Use this chart to answer the questions below. Sales Research Marketing Media Support Engineering (a) Which department accounts for approximately one-fifth of the annual budget? Select One (b) Approximately what percentage of the annual budget is used for Sales and Research combined? Write your answer as a multiple of 10% (that is, 10%, 20%, 30%,...) (c) If 15% of the annual budget is used for Support, approximately what percentage is used for Sales? 8% 20% 30% 200%
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Step 1: Determine which department accounts for approximately one-fifth of the annual budget.

The pie chart shows that the "Engineering" department occupies approximately one-fifth of the circle.

Step 2: Determine the approximate combined percentage of the annual budget used for Sales and Research.

Sales and Research each appear to take up roughly one-fourth of the pie chart. One-fourth plus one-fourth equals one-half, or 50%.

Step 3: Given that Support uses 15% of the annual budget, determine the approximate percentage used for Sales.

Support takes up a little less than one-sixth of the pie chart, which corresponds to 15% of the budget. Sales takes up approximately one-fourth, which is a little more than one-sixth (15%). So, an answer of 30% would be an acceptable approximation.

Final Answer

(a) Engineering (b) 50% (c) 30%

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