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Students of a class voted for their favourite colour and a pie chart was prepared based on the data collected.

Observe the pie chart given below and answer questions based on it.

If 400 students voted in all, then how many did vote ‘Others’ colour as their favourite?

Options

  • 6

  • 20

  • 24

  • 40

MCQ

Solution

24

Explanation:

If total number of votes = 400

Then, number of votes in favour of ‘Others’ = 6% of 400

= `6/100 xx 400`

= `3/50 xx 400`

= 24

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Chapter 2: Data Handling - Exercise [Page 43]

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