document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=316417>Question 316417</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> i dont know how to read a piechart will u teach me?????? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #226414 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Fombitz><B>Fombitz(32388)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Fombitz><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Fombitz><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=226414\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Each pie represents the percentage of that data to the whole. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "In other words, if I have three salespeople selling cars.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Oprah sells 50 cars, LeBron sells 30 cars, and Ronaldo sells 20 cars, then the percentage that each sells would be<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Oprah-50/(50+30+20)=50/100=50%<BR>\n" );
document.write( "LeBron-30/100=30%<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Ronaldo-20/100=20%<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now the whole pie is 100%. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Oprah would have a slice that takes up 1/2 the pie since 50% is 1/2 of 100%. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "LeBron and Ronaldo would share the other 50%. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "LeBron's slice would be larger since 30% is larger than 20%. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If they all sold 33 cars and each had 33% of the pie (don't worry about the other 1%), then there would be 3 equal slices of pie to represent the equal number of sales that month. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Remember the bigger the slice, the greater contribution to the total.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The smaller the slice, the smaller the contribution to the total. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "All pies equal 100%.  </SPAN>\n" );
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