2002 AMC 8 Problem 7

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7.

The students in Mrs. Sawyer’s class were asked to do a taste test of five kinds of candy. Each student chose one kind of candy. A bar graph of their preferences is shown. What percent of her class chose candy E?E?
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Answer: E
Concepts:data and graph interpretationpercentage
Small hint:
Add the heights of all five bars to get the class size.
Big hint:
Compare the height of bar EE with the total number of students.
Solution:
There are a total of 6+8+4+2+5=25 6 + 8 + 4 + 2 + 5 = 25 students in the class. The percent that chose EE is 100⋅525=1005=20%. 100 \cdot \dfrac{5}{25} = \dfrac{100}{5} = 20 \%.
Thus, E is the correct answer.
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