Question

#6 You want to find out what type of pet is most commonly adopted from the shelter. Over the course of a month, you randomly survey 40 people who have just adopted a pet. Of those 40 people, 23 adopted dogs. If about 4,500 people adopt pets each year, about how many can you predict will dogs?​

Answer 1

we predict 2,587 persons will adopt dogs

Explanation:

out of 40 persons 23 adopt dogs

Then

out of 40×25 persons 23×25 adopt dogs

Then

out of 1000 persons 575 adopt dogs

Then

out of 1000×4.5persons 575×4.5 adopt dogs

Then

out of 4,500 persons 2,587.5 adopt dogs

Method 2 :

Let x Ben the number of persons we predict they will adopt dogs:

Here we have a proportional relationship:

Then

`(4500)/(40) =(x)/(23)`

`\Longleftrightarrow x = (4500* 23)/(40) =2587.5`