Question

You are going to create a circle graph to represent some data. How many degrees should a section representing 65 out of a hundred be?

Answer 1

To figure out the degrees, you would create a ratio.

Since there are 360 degrees in your circle, that would be representative to 100 (because both are the total of what you want to find), and x would be representative to what degrees 65 is equal to.

your ratio should look like,

65/100=x/360

cross multiply and get

65(360)=100x

23400=100x

x=234

It looks hard to read like this, but if you write it out on your paper it should make more sense!