Please on this question I know I divide but do I do them one at a time or all together. Hamster is 8%, fish 12% and dogs are 23%. I added them together and got 0.43%. The question is- The citizens of a certain community were asked to choose their favorite pet. The pie chart below shows the distribution of the citizens' answers. If there are 100,000 citizens in the community, how many chose Hamsters, Fish, or Dogs?


I have come up with different answer and either one was right. Can you help me. Thank you

The citizens of a city were asked to choose their favorite type of pet. The circle graph shows how the citizens answered. If citizens answered the question, how many chose Dog?

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Well, it seems you're trying to divide the total number of citizens by the percentages to find out how many chose each pet. However, your calculation of adding the percentages together and getting 0.43% is incorrect.

Let me assist you with the correct calculation. To find the number of citizens who chose each pet, you need to divide the total number of citizens (100,000) by each percentage.

For the hamsters: 100,000 * 8% = 8,000 citizens
For the fish: 100,000 * 12% = 12,000 citizens
For the dogs: 100,000 * 23% = 23,000 citizens

So, according to these calculations, 8,000 citizens chose hamsters, 12,000 chose fish, and 23,000 chose dogs as their favorite pets in the community.

To find the number of citizens who chose Hamsters, Fish, or Dogs, you need to calculate the percentage of each pet and then multiply it by the total number of citizens in the community.

First, let's calculate the number of citizens who chose Hamsters:
Hamster percentage = 8%
Total number of citizens = 100,000

Number of citizens who chose Hamsters = (Hamster percentage / 100) * Total number of citizens
= (8 / 100) * 100,000
= 0.08 * 100,000
= 8,000

So, 8,000 citizens chose Hamsters.

Now, let's move on to Fish:
Fish percentage = 12%

Number of citizens who chose Fish = (Fish percentage / 100) * Total number of citizens
= (12 / 100) * 100,000
= 0.12 * 100,000
= 12,000

Therefore, 12,000 citizens chose Fish.

Finally, let's calculate the number of citizens who chose Dogs:
Dogs percentage = 23%

Number of citizens who chose Dogs = (Dogs percentage / 100) * Total number of citizens
= (23 / 100) * 100,000
= 0.23 * 100,000
= 23,000

Hence, 23,000 citizens chose Dogs.

To summarize,
- 8,000 citizens chose Hamsters.
- 12,000 citizens chose Fish.
- 23,000 citizens chose Dogs.

Make sure to perform each calculation separately and not add the percentages together before multiplying by the total number of citizens.

hamsters -- 0.08 * 100,000 = 8,000 people preferred hamsters

fish -- 0.12 * 100,000 = ?

12,000