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A pie chart labeled Favorite Sports to Watch is divided into three portions. Football represents 42 percent, baseball represents 33 percent, and soccer represents 25 percent.
If 210 people said football was their favorite sport to watch, how many people were surveyed?
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We can start solving the problem using proportions. We know that football represents 42% of the surveyed population, so we can set up the proportion:
42/100 = 210/x
where x is the total number of people surveyed.
To solve for x, we can cross-multiply:
42x = 100 * 210
42x = 21,000
x = 21,000/42
x = 500
Therefore, 500 people were surveyed.