SOLUTION: There were 1125 books sold last week in the bookstore. The circle graph summarizes books by genre. The central angel for the romance is 69.12 degrees. How many books were romance s

Question 316453: There were 1125 books sold last week in the bookstore. The circle graph summarizes books by genre. The central angel for the romance is 69.12 degrees. How many books were romance sold?
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1125(69.12 / 360)
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Fascinating. I didn't know that 'angels' were measured in degrees. If you have a question about angels, I recommend to speak to your local clergyman -- someone who's job it is to have an understanding of such things.

Now if what you really meant is that the central angle is , then I can help you.

The entire circle represents ALL of the books sold. There are in a circle. So:

represents the fraction of the whole allocated to the romance genre. Hence

is the number of romance books sold.

You get to do your own arithmetic.

John

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