A candidate took a phone poll of 114 people and found that 87 said they would vote for the other person. There are 9918 people in the district. About how many people are going to vote for the other candidate?

A. 7669 people
B. 7569 people
C. 75,869 people
D. 7596 people

Question

A candidate took a phone poll of 114 people and found that 87 said they would vote for the other person. There are 9918 people in the district. About how many people are going to vote for the other candidate?

	A.	7669 people
	B.	7569 people
	C.	75,869 people
	D.	7596 people

anonymous · Answer

You can set up a proportion to solve this problem.  Any idea how to do that?

anonymous · Answer

not realy?!

anonymous · Answer

help meee plz

anonymous · Answer

You can set up a proportion like this:
$$/\frac{ # of people who said yes }{ # of people polled } =\frac{ ? }{ total # of people i  }$$

anonymous · Answer

Can't get the equation to enter right.  Let me try again.

anonymous · Answer

# of people who said yes / # of people polled   =   x / # of people in the district

anonymous · Answer

soo 7569

anonymous · Answer

Yes!