Question

Chen has an MP3 player called the Jumble. The Jumble randomly selects a song for the user to listen to. Chen's Jumble has 444 classical songs, 333 rock songs, and 222 rap songs on it. Chen is going to listen to 360 songs.
What is the best prediction for the number of classical songs that Chen will listen to?

Answer 1

Chen plans on listening to 360 songs, and if she has 444 classical songs, 333 rock songs, and 222 rap songs, the ratio of the songs she have would be 4:3:2. We can add 4,3, and 2 to get 9. 360/9=40.Now, we do 40*4 to get 160. 
Chen will be listening to 160 songs.

Answer 2

Answer:  The best prediction for classical songs is 160.

Step-by-step explanation:  Given that Chen's Jumble has 444 classical songs, 333 rock songs, and 222 rap songs on it. Chen is going to listen to 360 songs.

We are to find the best prediction for the number of classical songs that Chen will listen.

The ratio of the classical songs, rock songs and rap songs on Chen's Jumble is given by

$444:333:222\\\\=4:3:2.$

Therefore, the number of classical songs that Chen will listen is

$N_c=\dfrac{4}{4+3+2}\times 360=\dfrac{4}{9}\times 360=4\times 40=160.$

Thus, the best prediction for classical songs is 160.