ShmoopTube

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Here’s your shmoop du jour…

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Sharon has been worried lately that she spends too much of her time making pie charts.

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So she’s decided to take stock of her life… in the form of a pie chart.

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Baby steps there, Sharon.

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The pie chart below shows Sharon's activities on a typical school day. 

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Based on the chart, which of the following statements is true?

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And here are the potential answers...

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We are being asked to just read a graph and deal with a bunch of random questions which…

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we really have to cover one by one.

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So… as Nike suggests… let’s just do it.

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Potential answer A:

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Amount of time on homework: 13%

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Amount of time on free time: 17%

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Total 30%

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Amount of time sleeping: 33%

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So A is false – this girl must be beautiful – she certainly gets enough beauty sleep.

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OK, try B.

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Homework: 13%

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Free time: 17%. Total 30%

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Versus time spent at school: 25%. Clearly not equal.

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OK, C.

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Free time at 17% plus sports at 8% plus eating at 4% totals 29% - nope – she slept 33%

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of the time so C is false as well.

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D had better be true or we’re in bad shape.

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D.

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Homework: 13%, free time 17% is – yes – less than the 33% she spent sleeping.

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So thank goodness… D is true.

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As in… “Denial.”

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