SOLUTION: alright, so I am doing a pie chart for grade 9 geography and I don't know how to get my data into percentages for the pie chart. my data numbers are, -544 -110 -81 how do I fit

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Question 220453: alright, so I am doing a pie chart for grade 9 geography and I don't know how to get my data into percentages for the pie chart. my data numbers are,
-544
-110
-81
how do I fit these into a pie chart
Answer by checkley77(12844) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
-544
-110
-81
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735 is the total value of the pie.
544/735=74% of the pie.
110/735=15% of the pie.
81/735=11% of the pie.
74+15+11=100% of the pie.