A Two-Pound Bag of Assorted Candy Contained 100 Caramels, 83

question 45

Multiple Choice

A two-pound bag of assorted candy contained 100 caramels, 83 mint patties, 93 chocolate squares, 80 nutclusters, and 79 peanut butter taffy pieces. To create a pie chart of this data, the angle for the slice representingeach candy type must be computed. What is the degree measure of the slice representing the mint pattiesrounded to the nearest degree?

• A) 69°
• B) 19°
• C) 5°
• D) 52°

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