Chapter 1.1, Problem 13E

To determine

To explain:about what percent of Hispanics are Mexican and Puerto Rican.

Answer to Problem 13E

The percent of Hispanics that are Mexican would be about 62.5% (approximately 225 degrees from pie chart).

The percent of Hispanics that are Puerto Rican would be about 10%(approximately 35 degrees from pie chart).

Explanation of Solution

Given:

  

Calculation:

Pie chart is used to display the distribution of categorical variables as a “Pie” whose slices are sized by the counts or percent for the categories. A pie mush include all the categories that make up a whole. The relevance of any graph depends on the information want to seek. It is hard to determine numbers from pie charts. The percentage information required in this case is not reflecting in the graph. The approximate percent of Hispanics that are Mexican would be about 62.5% (approximately 225 degrees from pie chart) and the approximate percent of Hispanics that are Puerto Rican would about 10% (approximately 35 degrees from pie chart).

Conclusion:

Therefore, the approximate percent of Hispanics that are Mexican would be about 62.5% (approximately 225 degrees from pie chart) and the approximate percent of Hispanics that are Puerto Rican would about 10% (approximately 35 degrees from pie chart).