Question

Harper surveyed 800 of the students in her school about their favorite color 424 students said their favorite color was blue what percentage of the surveyed students said their favorite color was blue

Answer 1

Answer: percentage = 53%

Given:

800 total students

424 students blue favorite colore

Solve for:

percentage of students saying blue is their favorite color

Explanation:

`percentage = (part)/(whole)`

percentage = 424/800

percentage = 0.53 * 100 = 53%

percentage = 53%