Question

Of the 72 students who have Ms. Darnell for Health/PE, 9 have an A. At this rate, how many of the 16 students in Ms. Jay’s homeroom would you expect to have an A?

Answer 1

To solve this problem, we can set up a proportion.

The number of students with an A out of the total number of students in Ms. Darnell's class is the same as the number of students with an A out of the total number of students in Ms. Jay's homeroom.

A / 72 = x / 16

Cross multiplying, we get:

72x = 9 * 16

72x = 144

Dividing both sides by 72, we find:

x = 2

Therefore, we would expect 2 of the 16 students in Ms. Jay's homeroom to have an A.