60 kids get pick 29 play sports there are 887 kids how many play sport a)1,835 b)2 c)713 d)428

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60 kids get pick 29 play sports there are 887 kids how many play sport

a)1,835
b)2
c)713
d)428

Rich Hoffman asked Apr 23, 2022

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Answer:

428

Explanation:

Its says out of 60, 29 of them play sports

so we want to use proportions to solve for how many would play if there were 887 kids

$(60)/(29) =2.068965517\\(887)/(2.068965517) = 428$

thus meaning that out of 887 kids 428 of them would play sports

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