Question

A survey asks 48 randomly chosen students if they plan to buy a school newspaper this week. Of the 48 surveyed, 32 plan to buy a school newspaper. If 360 students bought papers, predict the number of students Enrolled at the school.

Answer 1

The most probable number, in this case, would be by ratio,
32:48 = 360:x
cross multiply and solve for x
x=360*48/32=540
Ans. Most probably there are 540 students enrolled.