A survey was conducted to determine students’ preferred learning style. The distribution of responses from the sample participants are summarized as follows:

Question

This table presents the number of students who prefer auditory, visual, and kinesthetic learning styles.
Learning Styles Number of Students Who Prefer Each Style
auditory learning style 17
visual learning style 20
kinesthetic learning style 13

Write a ratio that compares the number of students who preferred a visual learning style to the number of student-participants of the survey. Write your answer in the simplest fraction form.(1 point)
Responses

23
Start Fraction 2 over 3 End Fraction

20
20

25
Start Fraction 2 over 5 End Fraction

3/5

Answer 1

To find the ratio that compares the number of students who prefer a visual learning style to the total number of student-participants, we need to first find the total number of students.

The number of students who prefer each learning style is as follows:

• Auditory: 17
• Visual: 20
• Kinesthetic: 13

Now, let's calculate the total number of students:

Total = 17 (auditory) + 20 (visual) + 13 (kinesthetic) = 50 students.

Now we can write the ratio of students who prefer visual learning style to the total number of students:

\[ \text{Ratio} = \frac{\text{Number of students who prefer visual}}{\text{Total number of students}} = \frac{20}{50} \]

Now, let's simplify this fraction:

\[ \frac{20}{50} = \frac{2}{5} \]

Thus, the ratio in simplest fraction form is:

\[ \frac{2}{5} \]

Therefore, the correct response is:

Start Fraction 2 over 5 End Fraction.