Nadia surveyed 80 students at her school and found that 0.55 of the students she surveyed said their favorite class is math. Another 15% of the students she surveyed reported that their favorite class is science. How many more students in the survey prefer math over science?

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Question

Nadia surveyed 80 students at her school and found that 0.55 of the students she surveyed said their favorite class is math. Another 15% of the students she surveyed reported that their favorite class is science. How many more students in the survey prefer math over science?

 12
 32
 44
 48

anonymous · Answer

"how many more students in the survey prefer math over science?"

students who like math = x
students who like science = y

difference = abs(x-y)

anonymous · Answer

What is 55% of 80?
What is 15% of 80?

anonymous · Answer

44
12

anonymous · Answer

44-12 = your answer

anonymous · Answer

32

anonymous · Answer

yes

anonymous · Answer

can you help me with more please? :)

anonymous · Answer

Originally, I read it as (15% of the 55%), but that's only a tad harder