SOLUTION: Nelly made a circle graph to represent her day of 24 hours. If she works for 8 hours, how many degrees is the sector that represents her work?

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Question 828962: Nelly made a circle graph to represent her day of 24 hours. If she works for 8 hours, how many
degrees is the sector that represents her work?

Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A circle graph has 360 total degrees.
Set up a ratio.
8 hours is to 24 hours as X is to 360 degrees.



degrees

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