(3.8.8) The Massachusetts Department of Public Health collects annual data on brain injuries in school athletics. In 2011, the department reported that in their survey of middle and high school students, about 18 percent of students who played on a team in the previous 12 months reported symptoms of a traumatic brain injury while playing sports. These symptoms include losing consciousness, having memory problems, double or blurry vision, headaches, or nausea. During that year, about 200,000 Massachusetts high school students participated in extracurricular sports. How many reported injuries were there? 200,000 x 0.18= 36,000 people reported injuries.b. The survey reports the number injured as a percentage of the number of students participating in extracurricular sports. What is the number injured as a percentage of the population of Massachusetts?In 2011, the population of Massachusetts was 6,512,227

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(3.8.8) The Massachusetts Department of Public Health collects annual data on brain injuries in school athletics. In 2011, the department reported that in their survey of middle and high school students, about 18 percent of students who played on a team in the previous 12 months reported symptoms of a traumatic brain injury while playing sports. These symptoms include losing consciousness, having memory problems, double or blurry vision, headaches, or nausea. During that year, about 200,000 Massachusetts high school students participated in extracurricular sports.
How many reported injuries were there? 200,000 x 0.18= 36,000 people reported injuries.

b. The survey reports the number injured as a percentage of the number of students participating in extracurricular sports. What is the number injured as a percentage of the population of Massachusetts?

In 2011, the population of Massachusetts was 6,512,227

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