Question

A researcher randomly surveyed a sample of high school students in a town to find out which career area they were most interested in pursuing. This table shows the results of the sample. The town has a total of 1000 high school students.
Art Science Finance Health Law Education
26 24 16 21 18 20
Based on this sample, how many high school students in the school are predicted to be most interested in pursuing a career in health?

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Answer 1

Total of students sampled:
26 + 24 + 16 + 21 + 18 + 20 = 125 total
 21 picked health so 21 / 125 = 0.168 of the students picked health
 multiply that by total students:
1000 * 0.168 = 168 total students will pick health

Answer 2

168 is the correct answer