Question

In a survey about favorite book categories. 1/4 of the total number of people surveyed. Or 39 people, responded that mystery was their favorite category. Right and solve an equation to find the total number of people surveyed

Answer 1

Answer:

Total 156 people were surveyed.

Step-by-step explanation:

We are given the following in the question:

A survey was conducted about favorite book categories.

Out of which one fourth of  total number of people surveyed or 39 people responded that mystery was their favorite category.

Let x be the total number of people surveyed.

Then, we can write

$\text{People who like mystery} = 39 \\\\= \dfrac{1}{4}\times x\\\\\Rightarrow 39 = \dfrac{1}{4}\times x\\\\\Rightarrow x = 39\times 4\\\Rightarrow x = 156$

Thus, total 156 people were surveyed.