Question

Mya conducted a survey and asked students what was their favorite type of movie? What is the probability that the next person will choose a horror movie?

Answer 1

24%, or 12/50

Explanation:

First, you'll add together all of the total responses to get the 'whole' or total amount of students.

12 + 15 + 17 + 6 = 50

Then, you'll see that out of the 50 students, 12 said horror was their favorite type of movie. So, we write that as 12/50, or 12 students out of the whole or total (50) prefer to watch horror movies. Then, you can divide 12 by 50 to get 0.24, and multiply by 100 to get 24%. (move decimal place 2 times to the right, since 100 = 10^2)

Answer 2

12/50 = 24%

Explanation:

You would first add up all of the numbers.

12+15+17+6 = 50

then since 12 out of 50 chose horror you would divide 12 by 50 and get your answer which is 12/50 as a fraction or 24% as a percentage.