The Beeville city council surveyed 500 Beville citizens. Of those surveyed, 350 citizens named summer as their favorite season. Based on the survey results, how many of the 36,500 Beeville citizens would most likely name summer as their favorite season.

Question

A. 27,000
B. 25,550
C. 18,000
D. 10,950

Answer 1

B. 25,550

To find the most likely number of Beeville citizens who would name summer as their favorite season, we can set up a proportion:

350/500 = x/36500

Simplifying the left side:

350/500 = 7/10

Now we have:

7/10 = x/36500

To solve for x, we can cross-multiply:

10x = 7 * 36500

10x = 255500

x = 25550

Therefore, the most likely number of Beeville citizens who would name summer as their favorite season is 25,550.