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Chapter 1: Q 18. (page 25)

Which major? About 3 million first-year students enroll in colleges and universities each year. What do they plan to study? The pie chart displays data on the percent of first-year students who plan to major in several disciplines. About what percent of first-year students plan to major in business? In social science?

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Business around 20% and social science around 10%.

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Step 1. Given information.

The given Pie chart is:

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Step 2. Find what percentage of first-year students intend to study business and What about social science.

If we observe the given pie chart carefully after dividing this pie chart into quarters and then further dividing these quarters into subparts, we will find that around one-fifth of the area of the circle constitutes the business segment.

That means around 20%:

15×100=20%

And that around one-tenth of the area of the circle constitutes the social science segment.

That means around 10%:

110×100=10%

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