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in a recent survey, 336 out of 500 people chose reallygood cola as their favorite soft drink. If a similar survey was conducted out of 2,000 people, how many people would choose reallygood cola as their favorite soft drink? explain.

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In the first survery
(336)/(500) considered cola.
Assuming we can extrapolate this ratio, all we have to do is get the same ratio, but out of 2000 people.

(336)/(500) * (4)/(4) \\ (1344)/(2000)
The answer is 1344 people.
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