The bar graph below shows the numbers of boys and girls in Mrs. Kuwabara's class. The percentage of students in the class who are girls is
(A) $40 \%$
(B) $15 \%$
(C) $25 \%$
(D) $10 \%$
(E) $60 \%$

Students in Mrs. Kuwabara's Class

![](https://cdn.mathpix.com/cropped/2024_04_20_6027bc27089ed4fc493cg-087.jpg?height=187&width=816&top_left_y=1918&top_left_x=622)

Number of Students
The bar graph shows the numbers of boys and girls in Mrs. Kuwabara's class. The percentage of students in the class who are girls is
(A) $40 \%$
(B) $15 \%$
(C) $25 \%$
(D) $10 \%$
(E) $60 \%$

Students in Mrs. Kuwabara's Class

![](https://cdn.mathpix.com/cropped/2024_04_20_748fdafcde2a47412608g-391.jpg?height=279&width=979&top_left_y=2251&top_left_x=562)

## Solution

From the graph, there are 10 girls and 15 boys in the class. Then, there are 25 students in total in the class, so the percentage of girls is $\frac{10}{25} ¥ 100 \%=40 \%$.

ANswer: (A)