document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=332997>Question 332997</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How do i draw pie charts? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #238634 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josmiceli><B>josmiceli(19441)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josmiceli><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=josmiceli><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=238634\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You will need a compass to draw the circle.  The<BR>\n" );
document.write( "compass automatically gives you the center of<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the circle. It is where the point of the compass<BR>\n" );
document.write( "sticks into the paper. Once you have drawn a circle,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "you will need a protractor that has angles marked<BR>\n" );
document.write( "off on it. It looks like a half circle with 0 degrees<BR>\n" );
document.write( "to 180 degrees marked off in 1 degree units.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "  Now you need to look at the data that you want to <BR>\n" );
document.write( "put into a pie chart. Only certain kinds of data <BR>\n" );
document.write( "can be arranged into a pie chart. All the separate data <BR>\n" );
document.write( "items have to add up to 100% of something.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "  An example is a person's budget of spending and saving<BR>\n" );
document.write( "from monthly income.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "For example:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "food: $300/month<BR>\n" );
document.write( "rent: $1000/month<BR>\n" );
document.write( "entertainment: $150/month<BR>\n" );
document.write( "savings: $50/month<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If this adds up to monthly income, then it's 100% of income<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and can be put into a pie chart. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "The way to do this is to turn the data into pie slices with this<BR>\n" );
document.write( "formulas:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(food amount)/(total budget) x 360 degrees<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(rent amount)/(total budget) x 360 degrees<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(entertainment)/(total budget) x 360 degrees<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(savings)/(total budget) x 360 degrees<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What is the total budget?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "300 + 1000 + 150 + 50 = 1500<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "food: 300/1500 x 360 = 72 degrees<BR>\n" );
document.write( "rent: 1000/1500 x 360 = 240 degrees<BR>\n" );
document.write( "entertainment: 150/1500 x 360 = 36 degrees<BR>\n" );
document.write( "savings: 50/150 x 360 = 12 degrees<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "These are the pie slices and they should add up to a full pie,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "or 360 degrees:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "72 + 240 + 36 + 12 = 360 degrees<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now draw a straight line from the center of the circle to<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the outer edge. Use the protractor to create 72 degrees<BR>\n" );
document.write( "from this line and draw the line at 72 degrees. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now go around the circle, marking off 240, 36, and 12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "degrees to make up a full circle. Label the pie slices<BR>\n" );
document.write( "72 degrees: food<BR>\n" );
document.write( "240 degrees: rent<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and so on  </SPAN>\n" );
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