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A survey asks 48 randomly chosen students if they plan to buy a school newspaper this week. Of the 48 surveyed, 32 plan to buy a school newspaper. If 360 students bought papers, predict the number of students
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A survey asks 48 randomly chosen students if they plan to buy a school newspaper this week. Of the 48 surveyed, 32 plan to buy a school newspaper. If 360 students bought papers, predict the number of students Enrolled at the school.

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The most probable number, in this case, would be by ratio,
32:48 = 360:x
cross multiply and solve for x
x=360*48/32=540
Ans. Most probably there are 540 students enrolled.
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