Question

the following circle graph or pie chart shows the fractional part of a cars total mileage that falls into a particular category. in one year, the rodriguez family drove 14,000 miles in the family car. use the circle graph to the right to determine how many of these miles might be expected to fall in the category of medical. the number of miles driven for \medical\ is . (simplify your answer.)

Explanation:

Step1: Assume the fraction for medical from the pie - chart

Let the fraction of miles driven for medical be $x$ (not given in the problem - statement text but would be read from the pie - chart).

Step2: Calculate the number of medical miles

The number of miles driven for medical is the product of the total miles driven and the fraction for medical. So, if the total miles driven is $14000$, then the number of medical miles $=14000\times x$.

Since the fraction $x$ is not given, if we assume from a typical pie - chart reading that the fraction of miles for medical is, say, $0.1$ (this is just an example value as the actual value is not provided), then:

Step2 (with example value):

$14000\times0.1 = 1400$

Answer:

(The actual answer depends on the fraction $x$ read from the pie - chart. If $x = 0.1$, then the answer is) $1400$