Question

Nolan surveyed 900 of the students in his
school about their favorite color. Students
could choose between blue and purple. 58%
said their favorite color was purple. How
many students' favorite color was blue?

Answer 1

Answer:

378 students

Step-by-step explanation:

There are 900 students in total.

58% said their favorite color was purple.

To find the percentage of blue, we find subtract 100% by the percentage of purple.

100% - 58% = 42%

42% said their favorite color was blue.

Now we find 42% of the 900 students

0.42 x 900 or 42% of 900 = 378

378 students favorite color was blue.