1. The head of the student council at a school with 500 total students conducts a survey among 25

randomly selected students. In the survey, she asks each student's first choice for an after-school activity

Basketball is the first choice for 5 of the students. Based on these survey results, how many students at

the school would be expected to select basketball as an after-school activity?

A. 2500 students

B. 100 students

C. 50 students

D. 125 students

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Marquise May

Mathematics

27 August, 00:54

1. The head of the student council at a school with 500 total students conducts a survey among 25

randomly selected students. In the survey, she asks each student's first choice for an after-school activity

Basketball is the first choice for 5 of the students. Based on these survey results, how many students at

the school would be expected to select basketball as an after-school activity?

A. 2500 students

B. 100 students

C. 50 students

D. 125 students

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Cullen Chambers · Answer 1

B

Step-by-step explanation:

If you do a proportion it would be the number of students who put basketball in the survey over the total number of students surveyed. The on the other side it would be x over 500 since 500 is the total number of students.

5 / 25 = x/500