Question

A survey asked 72 randomly chosen students if they were going to attend the school play twelve said yes, predict the number of students who attend the school.

show the formula please.

Answer 1

72 people questioned , 12 are going . that means that 16.6..% of which are going , 16.6....% is equal to 1/6 so 210 x 6 = 1260 . the number of students that attend the school would be 1260 if im right but if its how many students attended the play then it would be a 1/6 of 210 which is 35