Question

A middle school has 490 students. Maesurveys a random sample of 60 students andfinds that 24 of them have pet dogs. How manystudents are likely to have pet dogs?

Answer 1

As given by the question

There are given that the total number of the student is 490.

Now,

Let x students have pet dogs

Then,

`x=490*(24)/(60)`

So,

Solve the above equation

`\begin{gathered} x=490*(24)/(60) \\ x=196 \end{gathered}`

Hence, 196 students have pet dogs.