Question

Josiah kept track of how many songs of each genre were played in an hour from his MP3 player. The counts are displayed in the table below. He has a total of 1,500 songs on his player. Josiah predicted the number of rock songs on his MP3 player to be 300 songs. Which statements about his solution are true? Select three choices. Josiah’s Music Sample 1 Sample 2 R & B 5 R & B 4 Pop 4 Pop 3 Classical 3 Classical 5 Jazz 2 Jazz 4 Rock 6 Rock 4 Josiah’s work: StartFraction 10 over 20 EndFraction = StartFraction x over 1,500 EndFraction. StartFraction 10 times 30 over 20 times 30 EndFraction = StartFraction x over 1,500 EndFraction. 300 = x. He should have found the average of the number of rock songs by averaging 4 and 6 to get 5. He did not multiply the numerator and denominator by the correct number to equal 1,500. His answer will be one-half of what he got because he did not divide 10 by 2 when setting up the proportion. He can only solve the proportion by multiplying the numerator and denominator by a common multiple. He should have multiplied the numerator and denominator by 75, not 30, because 20 times 75 = 1,500

Answer 1

The following statements about Josiah's solution are true:

He found the proportion of rock songs to the total number of songs correctly: StartFraction 10 over 20 EndFraction = StartFraction x over 1,500 EndFraction.

He solved the proportion correctly: StartFraction 10 times 30 over 20 times 30 EndFraction = StartFraction x over 1,500 EndFraction.

He correctly determined that the number of rock songs on his MP3 player is 300 (x = 300).

Therefore, the statements that are true are:

He found the proportion of rock songs to the total number of songs correctly.

He solved the proportion correctly.

He correctly determined that the number of rock songs on his MP3 player is 300 (x = 300).