A market share of 78.5 percent would be represented in a pie chart by a slice with a central angle of:
A) 78.5 degrees
B) 39.3 degrees
C) 282.6 degrees
D) 141.3 degrees
E) 157 degrees

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A pie chart represents 100% of a whole, so a market share of 78.5% would be represented by a slice with a central angle proportional to this percentage. Since a full circle is 360 degrees, the central angle for this slice is 78.5% of 360 degrees, which is 0.785 * 360 = 282.6 degrees.

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