Question

Mr. Jones has taken a survey of college students and found that 1 out of 7 students are liberal arts majors. If a college has 11,000 students, what is the best estimate of the number of students who are liberal arts majors

Answer 1

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Answer 2

1572

Answer 3

whos owlfrred lol

Answer 4

1 out of 7 students are liberal arts majors so the ratio is 1/7 if a college has 11000 students -> 1/7 = x/11000 x=11000/7=1571.4 , x approximates 1571 x is the number of students who are liberal arts major

Answer 5

yeah what metarock said. if you don't round the answer is 1571.4 but i assumed youd round up since you can't have .4 of a person lol..

Answer 6

lol

Answer 7

Okay. Thanks !