Question

heather wants to gauge interest in formed a new school club. she conducts a survey to find out how many students would like to join one of four proposed new clubs, and the results are shown in the bar graph below. if there are 300 students in heathers school who are looking to join a new club, estimate how many of these students would be interested in the chess club.

survey results

number of students

0 5 10 15 20 25

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proposed new clubs

Explanation:

Step1: Calculate total surveyed students

$15 + 23+22 + 13=73$

Step2: Set up proportion

Let $x$ be the number of students interested in chess club out of 300. The proportion is $\frac{23}{73}=\frac{x}{300}$.

Step3: Solve for $x$

$x=\frac{23\times300}{73}\approx94.52$

Answer:

95 (rounded to the nearest whole - number)