Question

When polled to find out if they

preferred hamburgers or hot dogs, all 120
students in the class responded. Sixty-five
percent said they preferred hamburgers,
while the rest preferred hot dogs, The
Picnic Committee decided to order 2
hamburgers or 2 hot dogs for each
student, based on the students' choices.
How many hamburgers were ordered

Answer 1

Answer: Total 156 hamburgers

Explanation:

`\boxed{\begin{array}c \boxed{\bf hamburgers } & \boxed{\bf hot \ dogs } &\boxed{\bf Students } \\ 65\%& (100-65)=35\% & 120 p \\ \end {array }}`

Each person is given 2 burgers or 2 hot dogs

Then :

120*2*0,65=156 hamburgers

Answer 2

• 156 hamburgers

Explanation:

Number of students = 120

Number of those prefer hamburgers:

• 120*65/100 = 78

Number of hamburgers ordered:

• 78*2 = 156