Question

Harper surveyed 800 of the students in her school about their favorite color. 424

Answer 1

Using it's concept, it is found that the percentage of students surveyed that said their favorite color was blue was of 53%.

What is a percentage?

The percentage of an amount a over a total amount b is given by a multiplied by 100% and divided by b, that is:

$P = \frac{a}{b} \times 100\%$

In this problem, 424 out of the 800 students surveyed said their favorite color was blue, hence the percentage is given by:

$P = \frac{424}{800} \times 100\% = 53\%$

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