Question 55303
Hi Lyn,
I have a pie chart where 40% at the top is second day air freight, on the bottom 45% for truck and next day air freight is 15%
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If the company shipped a total of 550 items last month, how many were shipped using second-day air freight?
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The percentage of seconday air is 40%=40/100=.4
If we multiply the percentage by the total number of items that were shipped we'll have how many were shipped second day air:
{{{highlight(.4(550)=220)}}}
That's reasonable because 220 is a little less than half or 50% of 550.  You can check by seeing if 220 is 40% of 550:
{{{220/550}}}*100%=40%  We're right!!!
Happy Calculating!!!