Question

Colton gave out a survey to some students in his school about their favorite color. 470 of those surveyed said their favorite color was blue. If 94% of the students surveyed said their favorite color was blue, how many students were surveyed in total?

Answer 1

500

Explanation:

Convert percent to decimal:

94%=

100

94

​

=0.94

Move decimal 2 places to the left

Multiplying the decimal by the whole gives us the part:

0.94x=

0.94x=

470

0.94

0.94x = 0.94

470

​

Divide both sides by 0.94x=

500