Question 330008: Determine the answer from the table or graph.
A retail store has items such that they fall under the categories of clothes, housewares, jewelry, and other. The percentage floor space allocated for displaying each category of items is shown in the pie chart. If the floor space allocated to jewelry is 9,200 square feet, what is the floor space allocated to clothes? Show your step by step work! Include units in your solution.
% of floor space
12.2% other
18.4% Jewelry
36.8% Clothes
32.6% housewares
Estimate the answer to the problem.
Estimate 27% of 481.
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Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A retail store has items such that they fall under the categories of clothes, housewares, jewelry, and other.
The percentage floor space allocated for displaying each category of items is shown in the pie chart.
If the floor space allocated to jewelry is 9,200 square feet, what is the floor space allocated to clothes?
Show your step by step work! Include units in your solution.
% of floor space
12.2% other
18.4% Jewelry
36.8% Clothes
32.6% housewares
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What is the floor space allocated to clothes?
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If 18.4% corresponds to 9200 sq. ft
Use a proportion as follows:
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x/36.8% = 9200/18.4%
x = 36.8(9200/18.4)
x = 18,400 sq ft (amt. of floor space allocated to clothes)
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Estimate the answer to the problem.
What problem?
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Estimate 27% of 481.
27% is 27 per 100
Ans: 27% is about 5*27 = 135
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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