Question

At a school cafeteria, a staff person surveyed the food preferences of 35 students. For every five students, two said they liked healthy foods. How many students preferred healthy foods?(1 point)
Responses

12
12

14
14

4
4

16

Answer 1

To find out how many students preferred healthy foods, we can set up a proportion based on the information given:

For every 5 students, 2 said they liked healthy foods.

To find the number of students out of 35 who prefer healthy foods, we can calculate it as follows:

\[
\frac{2}{5} \text{ (students who like healthy foods)} \times 35 \text{ (total students)} = \frac{2 \times 35}{5}
\]

Calculating that:

\[
\frac{70}{5} = 14
\]

So, 14 students preferred healthy foods.

The correct answer is **14**.