barry asked 40 random students at his school he asked 25 of the 40 if what ice cream they prefer and they said choclate there are 1,200 people at his school how many of 1,200 like choclate?
We can use proportion to solve the problem:
25 out of 40 students prefer chocolate ice cream
x out of 1,200 students prefer chocolate ice cream
To find x, we can cross-multiply:
25/40 = x/1200
Simplifying the left side:
5/8 = x/1200
Cross-multiplying:
8x = 5 * 1200
Solving for x:
x = (5 * 1200) / 8 = 750
Therefore, out of 1,200 students, 750 prefer chocolate ice cream.