Adjust the pie chart to represent the proportion of employees assigned to the different projects.

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Understand the Problem

The question asks to adjust a pie chart to represent the proportion of employees assigned to different projects based on certain conditions regarding the number of employees assigned to each project.

Answer

Project A: $15\%$, Project B: $25\%$, Project C: $45\%$, Project D: $15\%$.
Answer for screen readers

The adjusted proportions for the pie chart are approximately:

  • Project A: $15%$
  • Project B: $25%$
  • Project C: $45%$
  • Project D: $15%$

Steps to Solve

  1. Define the total number of employees
    The company has a total of 140 employees that need to be allocated across the projects.

  2. Assign Project B employees
    Project B requires 35 employees.
    So, remaining employees = $140 - 35 = 105$ employees.

  3. Allocate for Projects A, C, and D
    Project A must have more than 20 employees. Let's denote the number of employees assigned to Project A as $x$.

  4. Determine the relationship for Project C
    Project C must have at least three times the employees assigned to Project A. Therefore, if Project A has $x$ employees, Project C must have at least $3x$ employees.

  5. Determine the relationship for Project D
    Project D must have more than 20 employees. Let’s denote the number of employees assigned to Project D as $y$.
    We now have the equation:

$$ x + 3x + y = 105 $$

Which simplifies to:

$$ 4x + y = 105 $$

  1. Set inequalities
    From the requirements, we have:
  • $x > 20$ (Project A)
  • $y > 20$ (Project D)
  1. Solve for the range of $x$
    From the equation $y = 105 - 4x$, we also have $y > 20$:

$$ 105 - 4x > 20 $$ $$ 85 > 4x $$ $$ \frac{85}{4} > x $$
This simplifies to:

$$ x < 21.25 $$

Thus, the possible integer values for $x$ are 21, since $x > 20$.

  1. Calculate employees for Projects C and D
    If ( x = 21: )

$$ 3x = 3(21) = 63 \text{ (Project C)} $$
Then, we calculate ( y ):

$$ y = 105 - 4(21) = 105 - 84 = 21 \text{ (Project D)} $$

  1. Final distribution of employees
    With these assignments, we have the following:
  • Project A: 21 employees
  • Project B: 35 employees
  • Project C: 63 employees
  • Project D: 21 employees
  1. Calculate proportions for the pie chart
    To find the percentages for the pie chart, calculate:
  • Project A: $\frac{21}{140} \times 100 \approx 15%$
  • Project B: $\frac{35}{140} \times 100 = 25%$
  • Project C: $\frac{63}{140} \times 100 \approx 45%$
  • Project D: $\frac{21}{140} \times 100 \approx 15%$

This gives us a final distribution for the pie chart.

The adjusted proportions for the pie chart are approximately:

  • Project A: $15%$
  • Project B: $25%$
  • Project C: $45%$
  • Project D: $15%$

More Information

The allocation reflects the requirements for each project, ensuring Project C meets the condition of having three times the employees compared to Project A, while also making sure Projects A and D have more than 20 employees.

Tips

  • Failing to set the limits for the number of employees in Projects A and D.
  • Not properly calculating the relationship between Projects A, C, and D.
  • Forgetting to check for integer solutions for employee assignments.

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