Question

If 3 out of every 5 students in Mr.Pringles math class prefers pepperoni pizza topping how many of his 110 students would you expect to prefer pepperoni topping?

Answer 1

Therefore out of Mr. Pringles 110 students we can expect the number that would prefer pepperoni pizza topping would be 66 students.

Explanation:

If 3 out of every 5 students in Mr.Pringles math class prefers pepperoni pizza topping then the probability of a randomly selected student in Mr. Pringles prefers pepperoni pizza is
`(3)/(5) = 0.6`.

Therefore out of Mr. Pringles 110 students we can expect the number that would prefer pepperoni pizza topping would be = 0.6
`*` 110 = 66 students.