In Martin’s class of 20 students, 4 students report that social studies is their favorite class and 75% of the students report that PE is their favorite class. Show your work to explain how to determine whether more students prefer social studies or PE.

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anonymous · Answer

@xXStudierxX

anonymous · Answer

Do you have any answer choices?

anonymous · Answer

nope

anonymous · Answer

75% is 3/4 of 20. 20-4=16, which means there are 16 students that prefer PE. 16 is greater than 4.

studygurl14 · Answer

$\tt\color{blue}{Percentage~of~people~who~say~social~studies~is~their~favorite~class:}$
$\Large\frac{4}{20}\rightarrow\frac{1}{5}\rightarrow20\%$

studygurl14 · Answer

What is the higher percentage? $\large20\%$ or $\large75\%$

anonymous · Answer

75

anonymous · Answer

Correct!

studygurl14 · Answer

Your way works too @xXStudierxX . $\Large\ddot\smile$

studygurl14 · Answer

Right. So that means more people say PE is their favorite subject than social studies.

anonymous · Answer

Thanks! StudyGurl14

studygurl14 · Answer

:)