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Statistics, Data, and Probability II: Drill Set 1, Problem 4. Which of the following pie charts correctly represents the data given in the table?

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Statistics, Data Analysis, and Probability 7 / Representing

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Here's your shmoop du jour...
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At Hogwarts, there's a raging debate about whether there are more witches or wizards on the premises.
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The breakdown of the number of female and male students and faculty members
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is shown below in the table.
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Which of the following pie charts correctly represents the data given in the table?

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And here are the potential answers...
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The question is just asking us to take a percentage of the numbers given.
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Let's start with female students.
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First of all, we can sum up ALL the witches and wizards to get our total population...
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475 + 425 + 35 + 25 equals 960.
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475 out of 960 are female students, so we divide to get a percentage.
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475 divided by 960 is about 49 percent...
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...and there's only one chart that matches up.
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We can double-check by running numbers on the male students, female faculty or male faculty...
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...but honestly, we already have our answer, and life's too short.
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These tests are timed, and you gotta wave your wand when you can.
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Our answer is choice A.
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As in... "'arry Potta'!"
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