Problem:
Assume the adjoining chart shows the U.S. population, in millions, for each region by ethnic group. To the nearest
percent, what percent of the U.S. Black population lived in the South?
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Solution:
The total Black population is the sum of the Black populations in each of the four regions or million. Thus lived in the South. (The population figures were taken from the World Almanac and adjusted slightly for convenience.)
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The problems on this page are the property of the MAA's American Mathematics Competitions