Question

a survey survey asked 200 students to name their favorite fruit the table shows the results of a survey

Answer 1

Part A

Fraction of peach 2/5

Total = 200

number of students that pick peach as their favorite fruits

`\begin{gathered} =\text{ }(2)/(5)\text{ x 200} \\ =\text{ }\frac{2\text{ x 200}}{5} \\ =\text{ }(400)/(5) \\ =\text{ 80 students} \end{gathered}`

Part B

number of students that pick orange as their favorite fruits

`\begin{gathered} =(3)/(8)*200^{} \\ =\text{ }\frac{3\text{ x 200}}{8} \\ =\text{ }(600)/(8) \\ =\text{ 75} \end{gathered}`

number of students that pick plum as their favorite fruits

`\begin{gathered} =\text{ }(1)/(10)\text{ x 200} \\ =\text{ }(200)/(10) \\ =\text{ 20} \end{gathered}`

There are 55 more students that chose orange rather than plum.