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.
To predict how many visitors would like a comedy if they surveyed 1,275 students, we need to calculate the percentage of visitors who liked comedy based on the data from the table.
From the table, we see that 12 out of 50 visitors liked comedy. So, the percentage of visitors who liked comedy is:
(12/50) * 100 = 24%
So, if 24% of visitors liked comedy in a sample of 1,275 students, the number of visitors who would like comedy can be calculated as:
24% of 1,275 = (24/100) * 1,275 = 306
Therefore, if a theater owner surveyed 1,275 students, we would predict that approximately 306 visitors would like comedy.