The result of a survey about what 432 students would like as a career are shown below.
9% lawyer
13% nurse
13% doctor
23% teacher
12% athlete
30% undecided
1. How many of the students want to be teachers?
2. How many students want to work as doctors or nurses?
3. How many students did not want to be lawyers?

Question

The result of a survey about what 432 students would like as a career are shown below. 
9% lawyer
13% nurse
13% doctor
23% teacher
12% athlete
30% undecided
1. How many of the students want to be teachers?
2. How many students want to work as doctors or nurses?
3. How many students did not want to be lawyers?

anonymous · Answer

1.      0.23 * 432 =  99.36
2.      0.26 * 432 = 112.32
3. 432 (1 - 0.09) = 393.12

anonymous · Answer

how did you get that answer in 2

anonymous · Answer

13% doctors + 13% nurses = 26% ( doctors and nurses )

anonymous · Answer

but you don't have to add all together because it says doctor OR nurses

anonymous · Answer

how did you get number 3 i dont understand

anonymous · Answer

Notice that the preference to be a doctor or a nurse is %13 each.  Together they add 
up to be 26%.

anonymous · Answer

oh

anonymous · Answer

how did you get number 3 i dont understand

anonymous · Answer

If 9% do not want to be lawyers, then 91% want to be something else other than a lawyer.