The school librarian randomly surveys 60 students about the type of book they borrow from the library. The librarian finds that 5 students borrow graphic novels. If the school has 340 students, approximately how many of them borrow graphic novels when they visit the library? Round your answer to the nearest whole number.

Question

The correct answer is 28. Please show why that is correct, thank you.

Answer 1

To find the approximate number of students who borrow graphic novels when they visit the library, we can set up a proportion using the information given in the problem.

Let x represent the approximate number of students who borrow graphic novels out of the total number of students who visit the library (340).

So, we can set up the proportion:

5/60 = x/340

To find the value of x, we can cross multiply:

60x = 5 * 340
60x = 1700
x = 1700 / 60
x = 28.33

Rounding to the nearest whole number, x ≈ 28

Therefore, approximately 28 students borrow graphic novels when they visit the library.

Answer 2

Please make your response more simple.

Answer 3

Sure!

Since 5 out of 60 students borrow graphic novels, we can set up a proportion to find out how many students out of the total 340 students would borrow graphic novels:

5/60 = x/340

Solving for x:

x = (5/60) * 340
x = 28.33

Rounded to the nearest whole number, approximately 28 students would borrow graphic novels from the library.