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The students in Mrs. Sawyer's class were asked to do a taste test of five kinds of candy. Each student chose one kind of candy. A bar graph of their preferences is shown. What percent of her class chose candy E? [asy] /* AMC8 2002 #7 Problem */ size(3.5inch, 1.5inch); for ( int y = 0; y <= 8; y += 2 ) { draw((0,y)--(15,y)); label(scale(0.7)*(string)y, (0,y), W); } label(scale(0.9)*"AA", (1.5, 0), S); label(scale(0.9)*"BB", (4.5, 0), S); label(scale(0.9)*"CC", (7.5,0), S); label(scale(0.9)*"DD", (10.5, 0), S); label(scale(0.9)*"EE", (13.5, 0), S); label(scale(0.7)*rotate(90)*"Number of Students", (-0.8,4), W); label(scale(0.9)*"Kinds of candy", (7.5,-2.5)); fill((0.5,0)--(0.5,6)--(2.5,6)--(2.5,0)--cycle, red); fill((3.5,0)--(3.5,8)--(5.5,8)--(5.5,0)--cycle, blue); fill((6.5,0)--(6.5,4)--(8.5,4)--(8.5,0)--cycle, pink); fill((9.5,0)--(9.5,2)--(11.5,2)--(11.5,0)--cycle, green); fill((12.5,0)--(12.5,5)--(14.5,5)--(14.5,0)--cycle, purple); [/asy]
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The students in Mrs. Sawyer's class were asked to do a taste test of five kinds of candy. Each student chose one kind of candy. A bar graph of their preferences is shown.  What percent of her class chose candy E? [asy]
/* AMC8 2002 #7 Problem */
size(3.5inch, 1.5inch);
for ( int y = 0; y <= 8; y += 2 )
{

draw((0,y)--(15,y));

label(scale(0.7)*(string)y, (0,y), W);
}
label(scale(0.9)*"A", (1.5, 0), S);
label(scale(0.9)*"B", (4.5, 0), S);
label(scale(0.9)*"C", (7.5,0), S);
label(scale(0.9)*"D", (10.5, 0), S);
label(scale(0.9)*"E", (13.5, 0), S);
label(scale(0.7)*rotate(90)*"Number of Students", (-0.8,4), W);
label(scale(0.9)*"Kinds of candy", (7.5,-2.5));

fill((0.5,0)--(0.5,6)--(2.5,6)--(2.5,0)--cycle, red);
fill((3.5,0)--(3.5,8)--(5.5,8)--(5.5,0)--cycle, blue);
fill((6.5,0)--(6.5,4)--(8.5,4)--(8.5,0)--cycle, pink);
fill((9.5,0)--(9.5,2)--(11.5,2)--(11.5,0)--cycle, green);
fill((12.5,0)--(12.5,5)--(14.5,5)--(14.5,0)--cycle, purple);
[/asy]
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The students in Mrs. Sawyer's class were asked to do a taste test of five kinds of candy. Each student chose one kind of candy. A bar graph of their preferences is shown.  What percent of her class chose candy E? [asy]
/* AMC8 2002 #7 Problem */
size(3.5inch, 1.5inch);
for ( int y = 0; y <= 8; y += 2 )
{

draw((0,y)--(15,y));

label(scale(0.7)*(string)y, (0,y), W);
}
label(scale(0.9)*"$A$", (1.5, 0), S);
label(scale(0.9)*"$B$", (4.5, 0), S);
label(scale(0.9)*"$C$", (7.5,0), S);
label(scale(0.9)*"$D$", (10.5, 0), S);
label(scale(0.9)*"$E$", (13.5, 0), S);
label(scale(0.7)*rotate(90)*"Number of Students", (-0.8,4), W);
label(scale(0.9)*"Kinds of candy", (7.5,-2.5));

fill((0.5,0)--(0.5,6)--(2.5,6)--(2.5,0)--cycle, red);
fill((3.5,0)--(3.5,8)--(5.5,8)--(5.5,0)--cycle, blue);
fill((6.5,0)--(6.5,4)--(8.5,4)--(8.5,0)--cycle, pink);
fill((9.5,0)--(9.5,2)--(11.5,2)--(11.5,0)--cycle, green);
fill((12.5,0)--(12.5,5)--(14.5,5)--(14.5,0)--cycle, purple);
[/asy]

level

Level 2

type

Prealgebra

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task_id
8d4bdb2e-d9cd-570f-affa-cd5ebd477558
task_key
prealgebra--test--8d4bdb2e-d9cd-570f-affa-cd5ebd477558
task_revision_id
1
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