To find out how many students plan to go to college based on the survey result of 8 out of 11 students, we can set up a proportion.
Let \( x \) be the number of students at the local high school who plan to go to college. The ratio from the survey can be represented as:
\[ \frac{8}{11} = \frac{x}{1950} \]
Now, we can cross-multiply to solve for \( x \):
\[ 8 \times 1950 = 11 \times x \]
Calculating the left side:
\[ 8 \times 1950 = 15600 \]
So, we have:
\[ 15600 = 11x \]
Now we can solve for \( x \) by dividing both sides by 11:
\[ x = \frac{15600}{11} \]
Calculating \( \frac{15600}{11} \):
\[ x = 1418.18 \approx 1418 \]
Since we can't have a fraction of a student, we round down to the nearest whole number. Thus, the approximate number of students who plan to go to college is:
\[ 1418 \text{ students} \]
Therefore, the correct answer is:
1418 students.
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