A group of 14 00 people took a survey. The survey shows that 70% of people like pizza of those who like pizza, 60% preferred cheese pizza. How many people in the survey prefer cheese pizza?

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To calculate how many people prefer cheese pizza, we can follow these steps:

  1. Determine how many people like pizza:
    Since 70% of the 14,000 people like pizza, we calculate: \[ 0.70 \times 14000 = 9800 \] So, 9,800 people like pizza.

  2. Determine how many of those who like pizza prefer cheese pizza:
    From those who like pizza, 60% prefer cheese pizza. We calculate: \[ 0.60 \times 9800 = 5880 \] So, 5,880 people prefer cheese pizza.

Therefore, the final answer is that 5,880 people in the survey prefer cheese pizza.