SOLUTION: Nearly 4 out of 7 people choose vanilla as their favorite ice cream flavor .if 196 people attend an ice cream social ,how many would you expect to choose vanillia ?

Question 1128815: Nearly 4 out of 7 people choose vanilla as their favorite ice cream flavor .if 196 people attend an ice cream social ,how many would you expect to choose vanillia ?
Found 2 solutions by Boreal, MathTherapy:
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
proportion 4/7=x/196
cross multiply
7x=784
x=112
Answer by MathTherapy(10552) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Nearly 4 out of 7 people choose vanilla as their favorite ice cream flavor .if 196 people attend an ice cream social ,how many would you expect to choose vanillia ?

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