In a recent survey 7 out of 10 people prefer coffee in the morning the rest said they prefer tea if 27 people said they prefer tea how many people were interviewed

To find the answer to this equation, use the result of "27 people" who prefer tea. This is equivalent to 3 out of 10 people in the whole survey sample. Using equivalent fractions to find the total sample, we see that "3/10 = 27/x." Multiplying 3 by 9 gives 27, so multiplying 10 by 9 gives a total sample size of 90 people.