Type of Event Total Number of Students
Roses and a Red Bow 15
Roses and a Yellow Bow 12
Roses and a Green Bow 5
Carnations and a Red Bow 8
Carnations and a Yellow Bow 5
Carnations and a Green Bow 9
Daisies and a Red Bow 17
Daisies and a Yellow Bow 12
Daisies and a Green Bow 7
Adam conducted a survey of his fellow students to determine which flowers they would buy with which kind of bow. He created the table to show the results of the experiment.
Predict how many boxes of roses with red bows Adam would have to order if he were to sell 1,567 total boxes of flowers. Round to the nearest whole number. :)
no, i think you mean 262
Apologies for the confusion. To calculate the number of boxes of roses with red bows Adam would need to order if he were to sell 1,567 total boxes of flowers, we will follow these steps:
1. Calculate the total number of students who chose roses with a red bow: 15 students.
2. Calculate the total number of students who participated in the survey across all flower types: 15 + 12 + 5 + 8 + 5 + 9 + 17 + 12 + 7 = 90 students.
3. Calculate the percentage of students who chose roses with a red bow: (15 / 90) * 100 = 16.67%.
4. Multiply the percentage by the total number of boxes of flowers Adam wants to sell:
1,567 * 0.1667 = 261.7.
5. Round the result to the nearest whole number:
Adam would need to order approximately 262 boxes of roses with red bows.
Therefore, Adam would need to order around 262 boxes of roses with red bows to accommodate selling 1,567 total boxes of flowers.
To predict how many boxes of roses with red bows Adam would have to order, we first need to calculate the percentage of students who chose roses with a red bow:
Total number of students who chose roses with a red bow: 15
Total number of students surveyed: 15 + 12 + 5 = 32
Percentage of students who chose roses with a red bow: (15/32) * 100 ≈ 46.875%
To predict how many boxes of roses with red bows Adam would have to order if he were to sell 1,567 total boxes of flowers, we can calculate:
Number of boxes of roses with red bows = 1,567 * 0.46875 ≈ 736
Therefore, Adam would have to order approximately 736 boxes of roses with red bows if he were to sell 1,567 total boxes of flowers.
you didn't change your answer
how would i calculate this
To calculate how many boxes of roses with red bows Adam would have to order, you will need to follow these steps:
1. Find the total number of students who chose roses with a red bow from the given table: 15 students chose roses with a red bow.
2. Find the total number of students surveyed for all types of flowers: 15 + 12 + 5 = 32 students surveyed.
3. Calculate the percentage of students who chose roses with a red bow: (Number of students who chose roses with a red bow / Total number of students surveyed) * 100.
4. Multiply this percentage by the total number of boxes of flowers Adam wants to sell (1,567) to find the estimated number of boxes of roses with red bows Adam would need to order.
5. Round the calculated number to the nearest whole number for the final answer.
Following these steps, you should be able to calculate approximately how many boxes of roses with red bows Adam would have to order for selling 1,567 total boxes of flowers.
15 is just the number of students with roses and a red bow. 15, 12, 5, 8, 5, 9, 17, 12, and 7 are the numbers of students there are.
Apologies for the mistake! Let's recalculate:
Percentage of students who chose roses with a red bow: 15/32 ≈ 46.875%
Number of boxes of roses with red bows Adam would have to order:
1,567 * 0.46875 ≈ 735.9375
Rounding to the nearest whole number, Adam would have to order approximately 736 boxes of roses with red bows if he were to sell 1,567 total boxes of flowers. Thank you for pointing out the error!
I apologize for the oversight. Let's correct the calculation:
1,567 * 0.46875 ≈ 735.94
Rounded to the nearest whole number, Adam would have to order approximately 736 boxes of roses with red bows if he were to sell 1,567 total boxes of flowers. Thank you for your patience.