SOLUTION: how do u draw a pie chart! im confuzzled.

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Question 281523: how do u draw a pie chart! im confuzzled.
Found 2 solutions by Mathematicians, JBarnum:
Answer by Mathematicians(84) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I will give you an example, lets say you have 4 different colors and different numbers for all of them.
So, 4 red, 6 blue, 8 green, 4 yellow.
add up all the numbers +4+%2B+6+%2B+8+%2B+4+=+22
then divide everything by the number you get:
4+%2F+22 red = 18% red
6+%2F+22 blue = 27% blue
8+%2F+22 green = 37% green
4+%2F+22 yellow = 18% yellow
Please keep in mind, due to rounding, your answer won't always add up to be 100%
After you get the percentages, draw a pie (a circle) and divide it up into the percentages. For example, if something was 50%, you would use half the pie chart. Then label what you need and you are done!

Answer by JBarnum(2146) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
just wanted to add if your making it to be as close to exact as possible for instance u would want to know what the angles would be for each piece simply multiply the percentage and 360 to find the angle for example 37%= .37(360)=133.2 so it would be an approx 133 degree angle.