Question

Dave surveyed a hundred students at his school and discovered that 41 of them owned multiple pets. Assuming this sample accurately represents the entire student population, how many of the 570 students at Dave's school own multiple pets? Round to the nearest whole number.

Answer 1

234 students at Dave's school own multiple pets.

Explanation:

Based on Dave's data, we can set up a ratio (fraction) of the number of students that own multiple pets over the number of students surveyed:

`(41)/(100)`

Assuming this sample is an accurate representation of the entire student population, we can set up a proportion to find the number of students out of the entire student population of 570 own multiple pets:

`(41)/(100)=(x)/(570)`

Solving for x using cross-multiplication and division:

100x = (41)(570) or 100x = 23370

Divide both sides by 100: 100x/100 = 23370/100

x = 233.7, rounded to the nearest whole number = 234 students.