Question

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

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

Answer 1

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