Question

the results of a survey show that 40% of 300 students chose conserving natural resources as the top peiority for their generation how many students chose conserving natural resoures make a model to find the answers​

Answer 1

Answer: 80 students

Explanation: 40/100 x 300/1 = 80/1 = 80

cancel out the zeros from 100 and 300 and then multiply 40 x 3 = 80
`(40)/(100) x (300)/(1) =(80)/(1) = 80`

Answer 2

The correct answer is 120 students.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let's start by analyzing the information we have.

First we know the total number of students is 300.

Now they ask us to find out what is 40% of those 300 students who chose conserving natural resources.

One of the ways to find out a percentage is to multiply the number of the percentage, by the total and divide it by 100.

So, (40.300): 100 =

12000: 100 = 120

In this way we can verify that the correct answer is 120 students chose conserving natural resoures.