Question

In a survey, 84 people chose strawberries as their favorite berry. This represents 48% of the people in the survey. How many people were in the survey?

Answer 1

175 people

Explanation:

First, we can divide 84 (the people who chose strawberries) by 48 (the percent) to find one percent of the people who took the survey.

After dividing, we get 1.75.

Now that we have 1% of the entire amount of people who took the survey, we multiply 1.75 by a 100 to get 100%, or the total amount of people who took the survey.

1.75 times 100 is 175. Thus, 175 people took the survey.