Question

500 students were asked their favorite sport to watch on TV. 35% of the students like watching basketball, 15% of the students like watching baseball, 30% of the students like watching soccer, and the rest of the students like watching football. how many students like watching football?​

Answer 1

By adding the percentages of how many students prefer to watch each sport there is 20% left unaccounted for in the question, being the ‘rest’/football watching students which is 100/500 students. (% divided by 100, the decimal multiplied by the total number of students = number of students)

Answer 2

Explanation:

basketball=

`(35)/(100) * 500 = 175 \: students`

baseball =

`(15)/(100) * 500 = 75`

soccer=

`(30)/(100) * 500 = 150`

football=

`500 - 175 - 75 - 150 = 100`

the answer is 100