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.
(1 point)
241 patrons
433 patrons
325 students
650 patrons
To find the number of cheese slices sold, we must first find the total number of patrons surveyed. Adding up the number of patrons for each type of pizza:
9 (cheese) + 5 (pepperoni) + 6 (sausage) + 7 (veggie) = 27
Next, we need to find the proportion of cheese patrons out of the total patrons surveyed:
9 cheese patrons / 27 total patrons = 0.3333 (rounded to 4 decimal places)
Finally, we multiply this proportion by the total number of slices of pizza sold:
0.3333 * 1299 slices = 433 patrons
Therefore, the number of cheese slices sold would be 433 slices.