Question

the bar graph below shows the percentage of students who received each letter grade on their last english paper. the class contains 50 students. what number of students earned a c on their paper? students

Explanation:

Step1: Find the percentage of students who got a C

From the bar - graph, the percentage of students who got a C is \(10\%\).

Step2: Calculate the number of students

The formula to find the number of students is \(n=\text{Percentage}\times\text{Total number of students}\).
Given the total number of students \(N = 50\) and the percentage \(p=10\%=\frac{10}{100}=0.1\).
So \(n = 0.1\times50\).

Answer:

\(5\)