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Meena gets ₹500 pocket money a month and spends ₹100 of it on books. The pie chart of her spending is drawn with true angles. Which lettered sector stands for books?

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  • AB
  • BD
  • CC
  • DE

Step-by-Step Solution

Books angle . Sector B is a right angle and D is smaller ; the sector is C.
Answer: C) C

Key idea: Pie charts

A pie chart shows how a whole splits into parts. Each category gets a slice (sector) of the circle, with angle proportional to the category's share.

**Sector angle = .**

Example: 60 students, 20 like cricket. Cricket sector = .

All sector angles must add to 360° (full circle). Always check this as a sanity step.

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