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Pie chart
A pie chart
A pie chart.
Relative amounts of each part of a whole
The most common form is a pie chart. It shows each part of a data relative to the whole cylinder, proportionally. Some forms of bar graphs can represent not just each datum (singular for data) but the whole, as can tables listing percentages.
The proportion of the category as part of the whole.
A pie chart would show this. The full circle represents the whole, and each slice shows how big each part is in relation to the whole.
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Use a pie chart when you're comparing many things with percents to show how each part fits into the whole.
A circular shape divided into wedge shaped parts where the area of each part is proportional to the ratio of the measure of that part to the whole.
pie chart
A pie chart is a type of chart used to demonstrate proportion: how a part relates to a whole. A pie chart gets its name because its circular shape resembles a pie and the categorical segments look like pie slices. Pie charts are used everywhere from education to business and government.