Question

Mr. Jones has taken a survey of college students and found that 48 out of 64 students are liberal arts majors. If a college has 7693 students, what is the best estimate of the number of students who are liberal arts majors?

Answer 1

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To find the best estimate of the number of students who are liberal arts majors, we could do the following:

Since we know that 48 out of 64 students are liberal arts majors and there are 7693 students, then:

$\frac{48\cdot7693}{64}=5769.75\approx5770$

Therefore, 5770 students are liberal arts majors.