Question

A survey of students at a university shows that 4 out of 5 drink coffee. Of the students who drink​ coffee, 1 out of 7 adds cream to it. If the university has 14 comma 000 ​students, find the number of students who drink coffee with cream.

Answer 1

1600 students

Explanation:

x/14000 = 4/5

solve for x

x = 11200

x/11200 = 1/7

solve for x

x = 1600