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

This table presents the number of students who prefer each ice cream flavor based on a survey.
Ice cream flavor Number of students/Frequency
Strawberry 29
Butter Pecan 31
Chocolate 43
Orange Sherbet 10
Vanilla 17
Based on Pablo’s sample data, approximately how many students in the school prefer orange sherbet?

(1 point)
Responses

45
45

195
195

41
41

110
110
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To estimate how many students in the whole school prefer orange sherbet based on Pablo's sample data, we can set up a proportion based on the number of students surveyed and the total number of students at the school.

Pablo surveyed 130 students, and 10 of them preferred orange sherbet.

We can calculate the proportion of students who prefer orange sherbet in the sample:

\[ \text{Proportion of orange sherbet preference} = \frac{10}{130} \]

Now we can use this proportion to estimate the number of students in the entire school (528 students) who would prefer orange sherbet:

\[ \text{Estimated number of students in the school} = \text{Total students} \times \text{Proportion of orange sherbet preference} \]

\[ \text{Estimated number of students in the school} = 528 \times \frac{10}{130} \]

Calculating this, we first simplify \(\frac{10}{130}\):

\[ \frac{10}{130} = \frac{1}{13} \]

Now, we can multiply:

\[ \text{Estimated number of students} = 528 \times \frac{1}{13} = 528 \div 13 \approx 40.62 \]

Rounding to the nearest whole number gives us approximately 41 students.

Therefore, the estimated number of students in the school who prefer orange sherbet is 41.