Question

in a sample of people on the school board, 2 out of 5 were in favor of a new high school being built. If 3,500 people vote in the next local election approximately how many would vote against the new high school being built?

Answer 1

2,100 people.

Explanation:

If 2 out of 5 people were in favor of a new high school being built, we know that 3 out of 5 people are against the decision. We can simply use this as a fraction to find the amount of people against:

`3500 * (3)/(5)= 2100`

Therefore, 2,100 people are against the decision.