Question

In a recent local taste contest testing Coke against Pepsi it was found that 3/5 of all people surveyed preferred to taste the Coke. if 7,500 people were in the survey how many chose Pepsi ?

Answer 1

3/5 of 7500 is 4500. That means 4500 chose coke. Now all u need to do is subtract 4500 from 7500 to get the amount of people that chose Pepsi. The answer would be 3000

Answer 2

Answer: 3,000

Step-by-step explanation:

Given : In a recent local taste contest testing Coke against Pepsi it was found that $\dfrac{3}{5}$ of all people surveyed preferred to taste the Coke.

If 7,500 people were in the survey , then the number of people chose coke will be :-

$\dfrac{3}{5}\times7500=3\times1500=4500$

Now, the number of people chose Pepsi = 7,500-4,500=3,000

Hence, there are 3,000 people who chose Pepsi.