Switch the x and y values and isolate y, then simplify.
x=6y+5
6y=x-5
y=1/6x-5/6
Answer:
≈ 197 students
Step-by-step explanation:
Let's start by writing what we know.
150 students sampled
68 prefer soccer
59 prefer basketball
23 prefer swimming
Part A
If 59 students prefer basketball out of the 150 students sampled then we divide 59/150 in order to get the percentage of students that prefer basketball.
59/150 ≈ 39.33% Remember this is only a sample of the students so it is approximate.
Now that we have the percentage, we can multiply it by the entire student body to get an approximate number of all students that prefer basketball.
39.33% = .3933
.3933 * 500 = 196.66 ≈ 197 students (because we can't have a partial student we round up)