Question

a survey asked 300 students to choose their favorite type of movie. the results are shown in the following table. (a) find the percentage for each type of movie.

type of movie	number of students	percentage
horror	54	%
science fiction	114	%
animation	105	%

(b) construct a percent bar graph for the data.

Explanation:

Step1: Calculate percentage formula

The formula for percentage is $\text{Percentage}=\frac{\text{Number of students}}{\text{Total number of students}}\times100\%$. The total number of students is 300.

Step2: Calculate Adventure percentage

For Adventure, $\text{Percentage}=\frac{27}{300}\times 100\% = 9\%$.

Step3: Calculate Horror percentage

For Horror, $\text{Percentage}=\frac{54}{300}\times 100\%=18\%$.

Step4: Calculate Science - fiction percentage

For Science - fiction, $\text{Percentage}=\frac{114}{300}\times 100\% = 38\%$.

Step5: Calculate Animation percentage

For Animation, $\text{Percentage}=\frac{105}{300}\times 100\%=35\%$.

Answer:

Type of movie	Percentage
Horror	18%
Science fiction	38%
Animation	35%