Question

If there are 140,900 teachers and 12,880,000 people in Illinois, how many teachers would we expect to find in Marshall, IL, a city of 3,860 people?

Answer 1

42

Explanation:

12880000/140900=94.41

Therefore there is 1 teacher in every 94.41 people so

3860/94.41=42.2

So we would find around 42 teachers in Marshall, IL