Question

During the 50th Super Bowl, 30 million pounds of snack food were eaten. The chart below depicts this information.

 

a. What is the name given to this graph?
b. Estimate, in millions of pounds, the amount of potato chips eaten during the game.
c. Estimate the relationship of potato chips to popcorn. (twice as much, half as much, three times, none of these—pick one)
d. What percent of the total do potato chips and tortilla chips comprise?

Answer 1

a).

The name of given chart is a Pie chart because it is circular in nature and the circle is divided into slices to represent the numerical proportion.

 

 

b).

The proportion of potato chips comprise 37% of total and it is given that 30 million pounds of snack food were eaten during the 50th Super Bowl.

 

 

So, the amount of chips eaten during the game = 37% of 30

                                                                            = (37/100) × 30

                                                                            = 11.1 million pounds

 

Therefore, the amount of chips eaten during the game was 11.1 million pounds.

 

c).

The proportion of potato chips comprise 37% of total.

The proportion of popcorn comprise 13% of total.

So, the ratio of potato chips to popcorn 37/13 ≈ 3.

 

Therefore, the potato chips were eaten thrice than that of popcorn.

 

d).

The proportion of potato chips comprise 37% of total.

The proportion of tortilla chips comprise 38% of total.

 

So, the total of both tortilla chips and potato chips comprises of 37% that is 65%.

So, the total of both tortilla chips and potato chips comprises of 37% that is 65%.