A group of students surveyed chose baseball and soccer as their favorite sports in the ratio 3:8.

A. If 132 students were surveyed, find the number of students that chose soccer as their favorite sport.

B. If 56 students chose soccer as their favorite sport, find the number of students that chose baseball as their favorite sport.

3 x − t h ose w h o c h ose ba se ba ll 8 x − t h ose w h o c h ose soccer a ) 3 x + 8 x = 132 11 x = 132 ∣ d i v i d e b y 11 x = 12 8 x = 8 ∗ 12 = 96 96 c h ose soccer . b ) 8 x = 56 ∣ d i v i d e b y 8 x = 7 3 x = 3 ∗ 7 = 21 21 c h ose ba se ba ll .

Answered by luana | 2024-06-10

Using ratios , we determine that out of 132 students, 96 chose soccer. If 56 students chose soccer, then 21 students chose baseball. ;

Answered by MonteBlue | 2024-06-18

For the first part, 96 students chose soccer as their favorite sport from a survey of 132 students. For the second part, if 56 students chose soccer, then 21 students chose baseball. This was calculated using the ratio of students who preferred each sport.
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Answered by luana | 2024-10-01