A cafeteria manager needs to know how many apples and bananas to place in a cafeteria vending machine. He conducted a survey, and all students who respended chose either an apple or banana as their preferred fruit. The survey results show that 3/4 of the students who responded picked apples. If 120 students picked apples, how many picked bananas?

3/4 of total = 120

therefore, 1/4 took bananas

the ones taking bananas are 3 times less than those who took apples.

so we get 120/3 = 40 people picking bananas

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To find the number of students who picked bananas, we need to first determine the total number of students who responded to the survey. We know that 3/4 of the students who responded chose apples.

Let's denote the total number of students as 'x'.

We are given that 120 students picked apples, which is 3/4 of the total respondents, so we can set up the equation:

3/4 * x = 120

To solve for 'x', we need to isolate it on one side of the equation. We can do this by multiplying both sides of the equation by the reciprocal of 3/4, which is 4/3:

(3/4 * x) * (4/3) = 120 * (4/3)

On simplifying, we have:

x = 160

Therefore, a total of 160 students responded to the survey.

Now, to find the number of students who picked bananas, we can subtract the number of students who picked apples from the total number of respondents:

Number of students who picked bananas = Total number of respondents - Number of students who picked apples
= 160 - 120
= 40

Therefore, 40 students picked bananas.