In a random survey of 300 people about the kind of apples they preferred, 178 said they preferred red apples. Based on these results, how many people out of 450

Question

The rest of the question: In a random survey of 300 people about the kind of apples they preferred, 178 said they preferred red apples. Based on these results, how many people out of 4500 would say they prefer red apples?

 

A: 2670
B: 4322
C: 3084
D: 1830

Answer 1

178/300 = x/4500    Cross Multiply

300x = 801,000

x = 2670