If 250 videos were rented that night, how many more action movies were rented than horror movies?

The pie chart above shows the distribution of video rentals from Al’s Video Vault for a single night.

If 250 videos were rented that night, how many more action movies were rented than horror movies?
A . 10
B . 20
C . 22
D . 25
E . 30

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Answer: D

Explanation:

22% of the movies rented were action movies; 250 × 0.2 2 = 55 movies; 12% of the movies rented were horror movies; 250 × 0.1 2 = 30 movies. There were 55 C 30 = 25 more action movies rented than horror movies.