Question

In a recent survey, 30% of the people polled stated that they preferred the taste of a low-fat peanut butter and would but it. Based on this survey, how many people in a city of 200,000 people who eat peanut butter would be expected to buy the low-fat peanut butter?

Answer 1

200,000*30%= 6000 people would buy it.

Answer 2

30% of 200,000 is NOT 6000