Question

Julia surveyed 500 of the students in her school about their favorite color. 32% said their favorite color was blue. How many students favorite color was blue ?

Answer 1

There are 500 students . 32% has blue as their favorite color. So, let x be the number of students whose favourite colour is blue. Now,

`\begin{gathered} x=500X(32)/(100) \\ =5X32=160 \end{gathered}`

Therefore, 160 students have blue as their favourite colour.