SOLUTION: In a survey 28 students of 9th graders said their favorite food is lasagna. These made up 16% of the class. How many students are in the class?

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Question 1201717: In a survey 28 students of 9th graders said their favorite food is lasagna. These made up 16% of the class. How many students are in the class?
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In a survey 28 students of 9th graders said their favorite food is lasagna. These made up 16% of the class. How many students are in the class?

28 students said their favorite food is lasagna
28 amounts to 16 % of the class
Suppose 16 students like lasagna there are 100 students in the class.
Here there are are 28
28/16 * 100
= 175 students