document.write( "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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Algebra.Com's Answer #188285 by solver91311(24713)\"\" \"About 
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "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.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Divide each of your amounts by the total budget amount, move the decimal point two places to the right and affix a percent sign (%).\r
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