What percentage of pupils like mince?

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2.3 The figure below shows the net of a solid. What is the name of the solid?

Analyze the components of the net.
The net consists of two triangular faces and three rectangular faces. When folded, the two triangles will form the bases, and the three rectangles will form the lateral faces connecting the bases.
Identify the solid based on its net.
A solid with two parallel triangular bases and rectangular lateral faces is a triangular prism.
- b) triangular prism
2.4 The grade 8s were asked to name their favourite pizza topping. The pie chart represents their choices. The same number of pupils like vegetarian and chicken on their pizza. What percentage of pupils like mince?
Identify the known percentages from the pie chart and the given information.
- Chicken: $26\%$
- Pepperoni: $33\%$
- Vegetarian: The problem states "The same number of pupils like vegetarian and chicken", so Vegetarian = Chicken = $26\%$ .
Calculate the sum of the known percentages.
$\text{Sum of known percentages} = 26\% (\text{Chicken}) + 33\% (\text{Pepperoni}) + 26\% (\text{Vegetarian})$ $\text{Sum of known percentages} = 85\%$
Calculate the percentage of pupils who like Mince.
The total percentage in a pie chart must be $100\%$ .
$\text{Percentage for Mince} = 100\% - \text{Sum of known percentages}$ $\text{Percentage for Mince} = 100\% - 85\%$ $\text{Percentage for Mince} = 15\%$
- a) 15%

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