Of the 72 students who have Ms. Darnell for Health/PE, 9 have an A. At this rate, how many of the 16 students in Ms. Jay’s homeroom would you expect to have an A?
To find out how many of the students in Ms. Jay's homeroom would be expected to have an A, we can set up a proportion.
First, find the ratio of students with an A to total students in Ms. Darnell's class: 9/72.
Then, set up a proportion with the same ratio using the number of students in Ms. Jay's homeroom (16) as the total number of students: 9/72 = x/16.
Cross-multiply to solve for x: x = (9/72) * 16.
Multiply 9/72 by 16: x = 2.
Therefore, we would expect 2 students in Ms. Jay's homeroom to have an A.