The circle graph shows the number of students at Rockford College who are enrolled in various majors. Find the portion of students who are history majors.
Major
Business 3700
Computer Sci 2000
Science 1000
English 2200
History 800
Social Sci 2300
To find the portion of students who are history majors, we need to find the fraction of the total number of students that are history majors.
First, we add up the number of students in each major:
Business + Computer Sci + Science + English + History + Social Sci = 3700 + 2000 + 1000 + 2200 + 800 + 2300 = 10,000
Next, we find the fraction of students who are history majors:
History / Total = 800 / 10,000
To simplify the fraction, we can divide both the numerator and denominator by 100:
800 / 10,000 = 8 / 100 = 0.08
Therefore, the portion of students who are history majors is 0.08 or 8%.