Question

About one-eighth of thepopulation is left-handed. If thereare 48 left-handed students at thehigh school, how many studentscan you expect attend the school?

Answer 1

The answer is option b. 384

Since 1/8 of the population is left handed, there is another 7/8 that are right handed.

Let's call x to the number of students, then:

`\begin{gathered} (1)/(8)\cdot x=48 \\ \end{gathered}`

This means, the an eight of the total students are left handed. Now we can solve for x:

`x=8\cdot48=384`