Question

The cafeteria at Midtown Middle school surveyed 575 students about their favorite food. Determine the number of students that Responded for each of the fallowing.

1. salad: 20% = ?

2. Fruit: 24% = ?

Answer 1

you would put this into a fraction
so for the salad

`(20)/(100) = (?)/(575)`
and for the fruit

`(24)/(100) = (?)/(575)`
cross multiply and
1. salad: 20% = 115 students
2. Fruit: 24% = 138 students