There are 528 students in Pablo’s high school. Pablo surveys 130 randomly chosen students about their favorite ice cream flavor. The results are as follows.

Ice cream flavor Number of students/Frequency
Strawberry 29
Butter Pecan 31
Chocolate 43
Orange Sherbet 10
Vanilla 17
Based on Pablo’s sample data, approximately how many students in the school prefer orange sherbet?

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1 answer

Based on Pablo's sample data, approximately 20 students in the school prefer orange sherbet.

To find out, we can use proportions.

Let x be the total number of students who prefer orange sherbet in the school.

We know that out of 130 surveyed students:

10/130 = x/528

Solving for x:

x = 528*(10/130)

x ≈ 40.6

Rounding to the nearest whole number, we get approximately 41 students who prefer orange sherbet in the school.