Jackie surveyed 50 students at her school and found that 0.64 of the students she surveyed said their favorite class is math. Another 24% of the students she surveyed reported that their favorite class is science. How many more students in the survey prefer math over science?
12
20
32
40
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OpenStudy (afrodiddle):
okay
OpenStudy (afrodiddle):
What is a percentage in decimal form?
OpenStudy (moneybaby980):
64%
OpenStudy (afrodiddle):
no the other one silly :P
OpenStudy (moneybaby980):
0.24
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OpenStudy (afrodiddle):
good
Now, multiply the decimal by the number of students she surveyed
OpenStudy (moneybaby980):
12
OpenStudy (afrodiddle):
thats the number of students who voted for that class.
OpenStudy (afrodiddle):
now do the same for the other one
OpenStudy (afrodiddle):
Hello? o.o 12 is not the answer..... Its just the votes for science....
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OpenStudy (moneybaby980):
32
OpenStudy (afrodiddle):
yea :)
OpenStudy (afrodiddle):
now subtract the two... and thats the answer.
32 - 12 = x
OpenStudy (afrodiddle):
Hope I helped :)
OpenStudy (moneybaby980):
thnx
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