SOLUTION: Nearly 5 out of 7 people choose vanilla as their favorite ice cream flavor. If 182 people attend an ice cream social, how many would you expect to choose vanilla.
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Question 446126: Nearly 5 out of 7 people choose vanilla as their favorite ice cream flavor. If 182 people attend an ice cream social, how many would you expect to choose vanilla.
I wrote it out in porportion form
x/182=5/7
x=182 (5/7)
1. 182/7=26
2. 26 X 5= 130
x=130
I got it wrong on my test. Could please help and show me what I did wrong Found 2 solutions by rfer, richard1234:Answer by rfer(16322) (Show Source):