A group of students surveyed chose baseball and soccer as their favorite sports in a ratio of 3:8.
a. If 132 students were surveyed, find the number of students that chose soccer as their favorite sport.
What you'll do is add 3 and 8 to get the total:
3 + 8 = 11
Now we divide the total number of students by 11:
132/11 = 12 (this is the multiplier for 3 and 8)
Therefore,
3 * 12 = 36 students (prefer baseball)
8 * 12 = 96 students (prefer soccer)
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To solve this problem, you need to find the number of students who chose soccer as their favorite sport.
Step 1: Determine the total number of parts in the ratio.
The ratio of baseball to soccer is 3:8, which means there are 3 + 8 = 11 parts in total.
Step 2: Calculate the value of each part.
Divide the total number of students surveyed (132) by the total number of parts (11) to find the value of each part.
Value of each part = Total number of students surveyed / Total number of parts
Value of each part = 132 / 11
Value of each part = 12
Step 3: Calculate the number of students who chose soccer.
Multiply the value of each part by the number of parts representing soccer (8).
Number of students who chose soccer = Value of each part * Number of parts representing soccer
Number of students who chose soccer = 12 * 8
Number of students who chose soccer = 96
Therefore, 96 students chose soccer as their favorite sport.