Of the 175 students who have Ms. Darnell for Health/PE, 35 have an A. At this rate, how many of the 50 students in Ms. Jay’s homeroom would you expect to have an A?

Question

Of the 175 students who have Ms. Darnell for Health/PE,  35 have an A. At this rate, how many of the 50 students in Ms. Jay’s homeroom would you expect to have an A?
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10 students
85 students
210 students
5 students

GPT 3.5 · Answer

To determine the expected number of students in Ms. Jay's homeroom who would have an A, we can set up a proportion using the given information:

Number of students with an A in Ms. Darnell's class / Total number of students in Ms. Darnell's class = Number of students with an A in Ms. Jay's homeroom / Total number of students in Ms. Jay's homeroom

Using the given information:

35 / 175 = x / 50

To solve for x, we can cross-multiply and solve for x:

35 * 50 = 175 * x

1750 = 175x

Dividing both sides of the equation by 175, we get:

x = 10

Therefore, we would expect 10 students in Ms. Jay's homeroom to have an A.