Question

cafeteria choices
green vegetable | number of students
peas | 34
green beans | 27
broccoli | 23
zucchini | 18
brussels sprouts | 18
using proportional reasoning, about how many students out of the 700 would you expect to request broccoli to be served?
○ 23 students
○ 30 students
○ 105 students
○ 134 students

Explanation:

Step1: Calculate total surveyed students

$34 + 27 + 23 + 18 + 18 = 120$

Step2: Find broccoli's sample proportion

$\frac{23}{120}$

Step3: Scale to 700 students

$700 \times \frac{23}{120} \approx 134$

Answer:

134 students