Interpreting a Pie Chart
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The number of hours that Janelle will spend working at the counter is about how many times the number of hours that she will spend processing new books and repairing bindings? A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5 E. 6
This question includes visual content: A circular pie chart titled 'Library Assistant Job Duties'. The chart is divided into five sectors with the following percentages: Counter Duties (44%), Reshelving Books (22%), Helping Patrons (19%), Processing New Books (9%), and Repairing Bindings (6%).
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Hi Rebec, let's solve this together. First, let's look at the pie chart to find the percentages for each of the relevant duties.
Identifying the Job Duties Data
Let's list the percentages for the specific tasks mentioned in the question.
Job Duties Percentages
- Counter Duties: $44\%$
- Processing New Books: $9\%$
- Repairing Bindings: $6\%$
Now, we need to find the combined percentage for processing new books and repairing bindings. We do this by adding their percentages together.
Next, to find out how many times greater the counter duties are compared to this combined percentage, we divide the counter duties percentage by our combined percentage.
Calculating the Ratio
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