Use the table to answer the question. Subject Number of Students English 6 Math 4 History 3 Science 5 Other 3 Mrs. Guajardo has 135 students taking her Algebra 2 class. She surveys the 21 students in her first-period class about their favorite school subject. Calculate the percentage of students in the sample who reported math as their favorite subject. Round your answer to the nearest whole number.

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To calculate the percentage of students in Mrs. Guajardo's first-period class who reported math as their favorite subject, we first need to identify how many students from the 21 surveyed chose math as their favorite.

From the table:

  • English: 6
  • Math: 4
  • History: 3
  • Science: 5
  • Other: 3

The number of students who reported math as their favorite subject is 4.

Next, we calculate the percentage of students who chose math:

\[ \text{Percentage} = \left( \frac{\text{Number of students who like math}}{\text{Total number of students surveyed}} \right) \times 100 \]

Substituting in the numbers:

\[ \text{Percentage} = \left( \frac{4}{21} \right) \times 100 \approx 19.05 \]

Rounding this to the nearest whole number, we have:

\[ \text{Percentage} \approx 19% \]

Thus, the percentage of students in the sample who reported math as their favorite subject is 19%.