At a school cafeteria a staff person surveyed the food preferences of 35 students for every five students to said they liked healthy food how many students prefer healthy foods

If for every five students surveyed, two said they liked healthy food, we can calculate the total number of students who prefer healthy foods as follows:

1. The ratio of students who like healthy food is 2 out of every 5 students.
2. First, determine how many groups of 5 are in 35 students:

\[
\frac{35}{5} = 7 \text{ groups}
\]

3. Since 2 out of 5 students prefer healthy foods, we can calculate the number of students who prefer healthy foods:

\[
2 \text{ students/group} \times 7 \text{ groups} = 14 \text{ students}
\]

So, 14 students prefer healthy foods.