At a school cafeteria, a staff person surveyed the food preferences of 35 students. For every five students, two said they liked healthy foods. How many students preferred healthy foods?(1 point)
To find out how many students preferred healthy foods, we need to calculate the ratio of students who like healthy foods to the total number of students.
The ratio is 2 healthy food lovers for every 5 students.
So, the fraction of students who like healthy foods is 2/5.
To find the number of students who liked healthy foods, we multiply the fraction by the total number of students: 2/5 * 35 students = <<2/5*35=14>>14 students.
Therefore, 14 students preferred healthy foods.