Question

Ben sat outside his school in cambridge and made a note of the colour of the first 100 cars that passed.
27 of the cars were red
in Britain there are around 35 million cars on the road
use bens findings to give an estimate of how many cars on the road are red

Answer 1

Using proportions, it is found that an estimated 9.45 million red cars on the road in Britain.

What is a proportion?

A proportion is a fraction of a total amount, and the measures are related using a rule of three.

From Ben's estimate, 27/100 = 0.27 of the cars were red.

Out of 35 million, the amount is given by:

0.27 x 35 = 9.45 million.

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