Question

In a survey, 27% of the people chose salads over a meat dish. In all, 81 people chose salads. How many people were the survey?

Answer 1

`300\ people`

Explanation:

Let

x-----> the total number of people in a survey

we know that

`27\%=27/100=0.27`

so

`0.27x=81`

Solve for x

Divide by 0.27 both sides

`x=81/0.27`

`x=300\ people`