Question

Carl takes a random sample of 100 students in his school and finds that 72% of the sample prefers pizza over burgers. There are 1,500 students in the school. Based on the sample proportion, how many students in the school would be expected to prefer pizza over burgers?

Answer 1

choices are
A. 72
B. 100
C. 1,080
D. 1,500

Answer 2

will fan and medal

Answer 3

\[\frac{ 72 }{ 100 } = \frac{ x }{ 1500 }\]
cross multiply:
72*1500 = 100x
108000 = 100x

divide both sides by 100 to get x

108000/100 = 100x / 100
1080 = x

Answer 4

so 1,080 is my answer

Answer 5

yep

Answer 6

thx i medaled and fanned you

Answer 7

ur welcome and thanks :)