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GATE 2017 EC – Question 4

General Aptitude · Quantitative Aptitude: Arithmetic and Number Computation · 1 mark · Multiple choice

40% of deaths on city roads may be attributed to drunken driving. The number of degrees needed to represent this as a slice of a pie chart is

  1. 120
  2. 144
  3. 160
  4. 212

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Correct answer: (B) 144

Explanation

A full pie chart is 360 degrees, and 40% of it is $0.4 \times 360 = 144$ degrees.