How many hot wings are on the platter?

Question

On a platter of chicken wings there are mild wings and hot wings. In a representative sample of

10

chicken​ wings, there are

8

hot

wings. If the platter has

100

chicken​ wings, estimate the number of

hot

wings on the platter.  

Answer 1

So, the representative sample has 10 wings, 8 of which are hot.

If we now are estimating for a group of 100 wings, we just need to understand how much larger the new group is. 100 wings divided by the sample 10 wings is 10.

100/10 = 10

So, now you just multiply the number of hot wings (8) by the multiplier of 10 that we got by dividing.

8 hot wings x 10 = 80, there is an estimated 80 hot wings in a group of 100 wings