A group of 360 people were asked to vote for their favourite season from the three seasons rainy, winter and summer. (i) Which season got the most votes? (ii) Find the central angle of each sector. (iii) Draw a pie chart to show this information.
Solution:
A pie chart is a pictorial representation of data in the form of a circular chart or pie where the slices of the pie show the size of the data.
(i) By observing the given data, winter season got the most number of votes.
(ii) Central angle of summer = (90°/360°) × 360° = 90°
Central angle of rainy season = (120°/360°) × 360° = 120°
Central angle of winter season = (150°/360°) × 360° = 150°
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☛ Check: NCERT Solutions for Class 8 Maths Chapter 5
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A group of 360 people were asked to vote for their favourite season from the three seasons rainy, winter and summer. (i) Which season got the most votes? (ii) Find the central angle of each sector. (iii) Draw a pie chart to show this information
NCERT Solutions for Class 8 Maths Chapter 5 Exercise 5.2 Question 2
Summary:
A group of 360 people were asked to vote for their favourite season from the three seasons rainy, winter and summer. (i) Winter season got the most votes. (ii) The central angle of each sector is Summer - 90°, Rainy - 120°, and Winter - 150° (iii) The pie chart is drawn as shown in the solution
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