Question

in a survey, 8 out of 32 students preferred vanilla ice cream if 252 students are surveyed how many should theoretically prefer ice cream

Answer 1

63 people

Explanation:

Given parameters:

Number of students survey = 32

Number of those that liked ice-cream = 8

Total population size = 252

Unknown:

How many people in the population should prefer ice cream = ?

Solution:

From the survey;

8 out of 32 students prefer ice cream;

8 : 32

1: 4

This shows that 1 out of 4 students will prefer ice cream

NOw to the total population;

If out of 4 students, 1 prefers ice-cream;

Out of 252 students y will prefer ice-cream

Number of students that prefers ice-cream =
`(252)/(4)` = 63people