Question

Jessica records the number of winners at the Dunk-a-Teacher booth at the town fair as shown in the table. If there are 750 contestants on Monday, how many should Jessica expect to dunk a teacher? Enter your answer in the box.

Day Contestants Winners
Fri 215 27
Sat 417 54
Sun 368 39

Answer 1

Between 75 and 98.

Explanation:

Let's first have a look at the previous data available:

Friday, 27 dunk teachers out of 215 participants (12.5%)

Saturday: 54 dunk teachers out of 417 participants (12.9%)

Sunday: 39 dunk teachers out of 368 participants (10.6%)

So, based on the previous 3 days, she can expect between 10% and 13% will dunk a teacher.

If she has 750 contestants on Monday, the number of winners should then be in the range of 75 (10% of 750) and 98 (13% of 750).