There are 528 students in Pablo’s high school. Pablo surveys 130 randomly chosen students about their favorite ice cream flavor. The

Question

results are as follows. Pablo sample data approximately how many students in the school prefer orange sherbet?

Answer 1

Out of the 130 students surveyed, 20 students prefer orange sherbet.

To find out how many students in the school (out of 528) would prefer orange sherbet, we can set up a proportion:

130 students surveyed -> 20 students prefer orange sherbet
528 students in total -> x students prefer orange sherbet

(20/130) = (x/528)

Cross multiply:
130x = 20 * 528
130x = 10560
x = 10560/130
x ≈ 81.23

Therefore, approximately 81 students in the school would prefer orange sherbet.