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Consider the pie chart shown above, where the ratio of angles formed by the 3 sectors are 3 : 14 : 1 3 : 14 : 1 . In degrees, what is the measure of angle formed for the sector that represents the shady side of the pyramid?


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The answer is 20.

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6 solutions

Rohit Udaiwal
Dec 9, 2015

Let the angles be 14 x , 3 x 14x,3x and x x representing sky,sunny side of the pyramid and shady side of the pyramid respectively.Then we have that 14 x + 3 x + x = 360 18 x = 360 x = 20. 14x+3x+x=360 \implies 18x=360 \therefore x=20. Therefore the angle formed by the shady side of the pyramid is 20 ° 20° .

Same thought process. BTW, Why is this a combinatorics problem? I think this should be in Geometry or Algebra.

Anupam Nayak - 5 years, 6 months ago

Since the ratio is 3 : 14 : 1 3:14:1 , the total is 3 + 14 + 1 = 18 3+14+1=18

It is obvious in the drawing that the shady side is the smallest, so the angle is

1 18 ( 360 ) = \large \dfrac{1}{18}(360)= 2 0 \color{#D61F06}\boxed{\large 20^\circ}

Patrick Cervantes
Jun 24, 2016

3:14:1=18

But you want all the angles to equal 360

18*x=360

x=20

So you times all the ratios by 20

(3)(20) : (14)(20) : (1)(20) = 360

60 : 280 : 20 = 360

Since you are looking for the shady side of the pyramid and since the shady side is the smallest, it means that it is the smallest number

Answer= 20

Phạm Hoàng
Jun 2, 2018

The shady side of the pyramid equals to 360 ( 3 + 14 + 1 ) × 1 = 360 18 = 2 0 \large \dfrac{360}{(3+14+1)} \times 1=\large \dfrac{360}{18}=\color{#3D99F6}\boxed{\large 20^\circ}

t o t a l = 3 + 14 + 1 = 18 total=3+14+1=18

s h a d y shady p a r t part o f of p y r a m i d pyramid = = ( 1 18 ) ( 360 ) (\frac{1}{18})(360) = 20 =20 d e g r e e s degrees

Eunju Angie Ahn
Aug 13, 2018

a circle=360° 3(sunny side)+14(sky)+1(shady)=18 =360÷18=20 =1=20 shady side of the pyramind=20(%)

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