SOLUTION: I have a budget of �2500 to spend on a holiday. I have done out a list of expenditures but am not sure how to make them into a percentage so that I can draw a pie chart to reflect

Question 256128: I have a budget of �2500 to spend on a holiday. I have done out a list of expenditures but am not sure how to make them into a percentage so that I can draw a pie chart to reflect the amounts. Can you help?
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Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

First thing is to add up all of your individual expense category amounts. If the sum is larger than �2500, then you either have to increase your budget or decrease one or more of your expense amounts. If the sum is less than �2500, create another "Miscellaneous" category to account for the difference.

Divide each of your amounts by the total budget amount, move the decimal point two places to the right and affix a percent sign (%).

So if, for example, you have �900 budgeted for airfare, then

And so on...

John

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