1996 AJHSME Problems/Problem 19
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Problem
The pie charts below indicate the percent of students who prefer golf, bowling, or tennis at East Junior High School and West Middle School. The total number of students at East is 2000 and at West, 2500. In the two schools combined, the percent of students who prefer tennis is
![[asy] unitsize(18); draw(circle((0,0),4)); draw(circle((9,0),4)); draw((-4,0)--(0,0)--4*dir(352.8)); draw((0,0)--4*dir(100.8)); draw((5,0)--(9,0)--(4*dir(324)+(9,0))); draw((9,0)--(4*dir(50.4)+(9,0))); label("$48\%$",(0,-1),S); label("bowling",(0,-2),S); label("$30\%$",(1.5,1.5),N); label("golf",(1.5,0.5),N); label("$22\%$",(-2,1.5),N); label("tennis",(-2,0.5),N); label("$40\%$",(8.5,-1),S); label("tennis",(8.5,-2),S); label("$24\%$",(10.5,0.5),E); label("golf",(10.5,-0.5),E); label("$36\%$",(7.8,1.7),N); label("bowling",(7.8,0.7),N); label("$\textbf{East JHS}$",(0,-4),S); label("$\textbf{2000 students}$",(0,-5),S); label("$\textbf{West MS}$",(9,-4),S); label("$\textbf{2500 students}$",(9,-5),S); [/asy]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/7/d/b/7db682874d3ef442628a90d799be418980d2d212.png)
Solution
In the first school, 
students prefer tennis.
In the second school, 
students prefer tennis.
In total, 
students prefer tennis out of a total of 
students
This means 
of the students in both schools prefer tennis, giving answer 
.
See Also
| 1996 AJHSME (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
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