There are 628 students in Tan's high school. Tan surveys 120 randomly chosen students about their favorite movie genre. The results are as follows.

Movie genre
Number of students/Frequency
Science Fiction
24
Ногог
11
Comedy
27
Action
10
Animated
48
Based on Tan's sample data, aproximately how many students in the school prefer animated movies?

• 141
• 125
• 251
• 52

1 answer

Based on Tan's sample data, approximately 48 out of 120 students prefer animated movies.

To estimate how many students in the school prefer animated movies, we can set up a proportion:

48/120 = x/628

Cross multiplying:

120x = 48 * 628
120x = 30144
x = 30144 / 120
x = 251.2

So, approximately 251 students in the school prefer animated movies.

Therefore, the answer is 251 students.