Question

85 7th grade students were surveyed about their favorite type ofmusic. 40% of students stated their favorite type of music iscountry. Determine the total number of students that did notchoose country as their favorite type of music.

Answer 1

According to the given data we have the following:

students surveyed=85

40% of students stated their favorite type of music is country

If 40% of students stated their favorite type of music is country, then 60% of students did not choose country as their favorite type of music.

Therefore, to calculate the amount of students that did not choose country as their favorite type of music we would have to make the following calculation:

amount of students that did not choose country as their favorite type of music=85*60%

amount of students that did not choose country as their favorite type of music=51

The total number of students that did not choose country as their favorite type of music is 51