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Cooper gave out a survey to some students in his school about their favorite color.
tudents could choose between red and blue. 129 of those surveyed said their favorite
color was red. 57% of the students surveyed said their favorite color was blue. How
many students were surveyed in total?

Answer 1

300 students were surveyed.

Explanation:

Well, we know that 57% of students like blue, so that leaves 43% who like red. By simply dividing 129 by 43, we get 3, so know we can conclude that 1% is equal to 3 students. Knowing this, we can multiply 3 by 57 to get 171. Adding these up, we get 300, and we can verify this, by simply finding the difference between 57 and 43, which is 14. Now that we also know that 1% is equal to 3 students, we can multiply 14 by 3, to get 42, which is also the difference between 171 and 129.