Question

A total of 208 studentsvoted social studies astheir favorite subject.This numberrepresents 65% of thestudents surveyed.How many studentswere surveyed?

Answer 1

1) Gathering the data

65% = 208

2) We can find the 100% by setting a proportion

100%---------x

65%----------208

Cross multiplicating:

65x =208 *100

65x =20800 Dividing by 65

x=320

So 320 students were surveyed.