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526 C HAPTE R 7 I STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY

The following circle graph shows the percent of the types of books available at Midway Memorial Library. Use this
graph for Exercises 15 through 24. See Example 2.

15. What percent of books are classified as some type of Nonfiction
fiction? 25% Adult’s
fiction
33%
16. What percent of books are nonfiction or reference?

17. What is the second-largest category of books?

Children’s
18. What is the third-largest category of books? fiction
22% Reference
Other 17%
3%

If this library has 125,600 books, find how many books are in each category given in Exercises 19 through 24.
See Example 3.

19. Nonfiction 20. Reference 21. Children’s fiction

22. Adult’s fiction 23. Reference or other 24. Nonfiction or other

Objective Fill in the tables. Round to the nearest degree.Then draw a circle graph to represent the information given
in each table. (Remember:The total of “Degrees in Sector” column should equal 360° or very close to 360° because of
rounding.) See Example 4.

25. Types of Apples Grown in Washington State
Type of Apple Percent Degrees in Sector
Red Delicious 37%
Golden Delicious 13%
Fuji 14%
Gala 15%
Granny Smith 12%
Other varieties 6%
Braeburn 3%
(Source: U.S.Apple Association)

26. Color Distribution of M&M’s Milk Chocolate
Color Percent Degrees in Sector
Blue 22.2%
Orange 16.7%
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Green 16.7%
Red 16.7%
Brown 16.7%
Yellow 11.1%
(Source: M&M Mars)