Question

Suppose that 216 students attended school one day, and 62 percent of them ate the school's breakfast. How many students ate the school's breakfast that day? Round your answer to the nearest whole number

Answer 1

Given the statement:Suppose that 216 students attended school one day, and 62 percent of them ate the school's breakfast.

Total number of students attended school = 216 students.

and 62% of them ate the school breakfast that day.

Now, to calculate the number of students ate the breakfast that day.

Proportion states that the two ratios or fraction are equal.

Let x represents the number of students ate the breakfast that day.

then, by using proportion;

`(62)/(100)=(x)/(216)`

Multiply both sides by 216 we get;

`x = (62)/(100) * 216`

Simplify:

`x = 133.92`

therefore, the number of students ate the school breakfast that day(to the nearest whole number) is, 134 students.