Question

3) Oldwick High School has a population of 2,300 students. A survey showed that 34% of the student population would like to have hamburgers as a daily choice for lunch. How many students is 34% of the population. Be sure to round your answer to the nearest whole number.

Answer 1

The number of of students that is 34% of the population is;

`782\text{ students}`

Step-by-step explanation:

Given that Oldwick High School has a population of 2,300 students.

We want to find the number of students that makes 34% of the population.

`n=34\text{\% of 2300}`

So, we have;

`\begin{gathered} n=(34)/(100)*2300 \\ n=782 \end{gathered}`

The number of of students that is 34% of the population is;

`782\text{ students}`