In Ogilvie's class of 40 students, 24 students report that English is their favorite class and 40% of the students report that keyboarding is their favorite class. Show your work to explain how to determine whether more students prefer English or keyboarding.

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Mercury · Answer

old question but will respond so this can be closed

you want to compare two quantities (24 vs. "40% of 40")

simply calculate 40% of 40 (or 0.40 * 40) and see whether it's greater than, equal to, or less than 24