Use the table to answer the question.
Type of Pizza Number of Patrons
Cheese 9
Pepperoni 5
Sausage 6
Veggie 7
A local marching band is having a pizza fundraiser. To predict what types of pizza to order, they surveyed patrons on their favorite toppings. If the marching band were to sell 1,299 slices of pizza, predict the number of cheese slices sold.
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Responses
433 patrons
433 patrons
650 patrons
650 patrons
241 patrons
241 patrons
325 students
325 students
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To predict the number of cheese slices sold, we first calculate the proportion of patrons that prefer cheese pizza:
9 cheese patrons / (9+5+6+7 total patrons) = 9/27 = 0.333
Then, we multiply this proportion by the total number of slices sold:
0.333 x 1299 = 432.867
Rounded to the nearest whole number, we predict that 433 cheese slices will be sold.
Therefore, the correct response is:
433 patrons