Use the table to answer the question.
Type of Movie Number of Visitors
Comedy 12
Action 5
Drama 3
Horror 0
Mystery 18
Thriller 7
Romance 5
A theater owner took a survey of the types of movies their visitors like. Predict how many visitors would like a comedy if they
surveyed 1,275 students.
If 12 out of the surveyed visitors like comedies, we can find the percentage of visitors who like comedies by dividing the number of visitors who like comedies by the total number of surveyed visitors and then multiplying by 100.
Percentage of visitors who like comedies = (12/50) * 100 = 24%
Now, to predict how many out of 1,275 students would like a comedy, we can use the percentage calculated above:
Predicted number of students who would like a comedy = (24/100) * 1275 = 306
Therefore, we can predict that approximately 306 out of 1,275 students would like a comedy.