Question

the library surveyed 180 people about their favorite type of movie. If 40% of the people chose action, how many people chose action​

Answer 1

your answer would be 108

Explanation:

i got this answer by

turning the decimal into a fraction which would be 0.40

then i multiply 0.40 x 180= 72

after that you would subtract 180 - 72= 108

and that how you get the answer 108

I hope this helps you.

Answer 2

The correct answer is 72.

Explanation:

Let's start by analyzing the information we have:

We know that the total number of people surveyed was 180.

We also know that 40% of those people said their favorite movie type was action.

Now we just have to find out what number that 40% represents and we can do it in two ways:

One can be multiplying 180. 40 and divide the result by 100, which would give us the following result:

(180. 40) / 100 =

7200/100 = 72

Another way would be multiplying 180 by 0.40:

180 0.40 = 72

As we can see, in both ways we arrive at the same result: 72. Therefore the correct answer is 72.