Question

random survey of citizens in California, io of people voted in favor of a new law. If the population of California is 37,700,000 people, estimate howny people are in favor are in favor of the new law.How many people are in favor of the new law.

Answer 1

Let the number of people in favor of new law be x.

Determine the number of people in favor of new law as ratio is equal to each other.

$\begin{gathered} \frac{7}{10}=\frac{x}{37700000} \\ x=7\cdot3770000 \\ =26390000 \end{gathered}$

So answer is 26390000.