Chapter 11, Problem 7CT

To determine

To calculate: thow many Americans enjoy watching plays.

Answer to Problem 7CT

The number of Americans who enjoy watching plays is $87million$ .

Explanation of Solution

Given information :

Total population = $290million$

Survey Americans = $2000$

Enjoy watching plays number of Americans = $600$

Calculation : to find the number of Americans who enjoy watching plays first we find the percent of 600 and 2000 then, find that the number of total by this percent.

  $\frac{600}{2000}·100=30\%\text{ [multiply and divide]}$

  $30\%of290million$

  $\begin{array}{l}\frac{30}{100}·290million\\ .3·290million\text{ [convert percentages into deciamal ]}\\ 87million\text{ [multiply]}\end{array}$

Hence, The number of Americans who enjoy watching plays is $87million$ .