A local library manager randomly surveys 80 patrons about da type of books they borrow when they visit da libaray. Da manager finds da 3 patrons borrow novels. If da local libaray has 345 patrons, approximately how many of them borrow novels when they visit da library? Round ur answer 2 da nearest whole number.

Question

_____ Patrons

Answer 1

To find the approximate number of patrons in the library who borrow novels, we first need to establish the proportion of surveyed patrons who borrow novels.

In the survey, 3 out of 80 patrons borrow novels. We can calculate the proportion of patrons who borrow novels as follows:

\[ \text{Proportion of novel borrowers} = \frac{3}{80} \]

Next, we can use this proportion to estimate the number of novel borrowers among the total 345 patrons of the library:

\[ \text{Estimated number of novel borrowers} = \frac{3}{80} \times 345 \]

Calculating this:

\[ \text{Estimated number of novel borrowers} = \frac{3 \times 345}{80} = \frac{1035}{80} \approx 12.9375 \]

Rounding to the nearest whole number gives us approximately:

\[ 13 \text{ patrons} \]

So, the answer is:

13 Patrons