The annual budget of a certain college is to be shown on a circle graph. If the size of each sector of the graph is to be proportional to the amount of the budget it represents, how many degrees of the circle should be used to represent an item that is 40 percent of the budget?
Answers.
A) 15 ° B) 144 ° C) 54 ° D) 90 ° E) 150 °
100 percent = 360 degrees   40 percent = 360*40/100= 
<gadget id="calculator">360*40/100</gadget>
<output>144</output>
144 degrees   Answer is 144 °.
<result>B</result>
The annual budget of a certain college is to be shown on a circle graph. If the size of each sector of the graph is to be proportional to the amount of the budget it represents, how many degrees of the circle should be used to represent an item that is 40 percent of the budget?