Use the table to answer the question.
Type of Event Total Number of Students
Roses and a Red Bow 15
Roses and a Yellow Bow 12
Roses and a Green Bow 5
Carnations and a Red Bow 8
Carnations and a Yellow Bow 5
Carnations and a Green Bow 9
Daisies and a Red Bow 17
Daisies and a Yellow Bow 12
Daisies and a Green Bow 7
Adam conducted a survey of his fellow students to determine which flowers they would buy with which kind of bow. He created the table to show the results of the experiment.
Predict how many boxes of roses with red bows Adam would have to order if he were to sell 1,567 total boxes of flowers. Round to the nearest whole number.
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To predict how many boxes of roses with red bows Adam would have to order, first find the proportion of students who chose Roses with a Red Bow compared to the total number of students: 15/(15+12+5+8+5+9+17+12+7) = 15/90 = 1/6.
Then, multiply the total number of boxes by this proportion: 1/6 * 1567 = 261.167.
Rounded to the nearest whole number, Adam would need to order 261 boxes of roses with red bows.
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To find the number of boxes of roses with red bows Adam would have to order if he were to sell 1,567 total boxes of flowers, we first need to find the proportion of students who chose Roses with a Red Bow.
Total Number of Students who chose Roses with a Red Bow = 15
Total Number of Students = 15 + 12 + 5 + 8 + 5 + 9 + 17 + 12 + 7 = 90
Proportion of students who chose Roses with a Red Bow = 15/90 = 1/6
Now, to find the number of boxes of roses with red bows Adam would have to order:
Number of boxes = Total number of boxes * Proportion of students who chose Roses with a Red Bow
Number of boxes = 1567 * (1/6)
Number of boxes = 261.167
Rounded to the nearest whole number, Adam would have to order 261 boxes of roses with red bows.
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To find the correct number of boxes of roses with red bows Adam would need to order, we first need to find the proportion of students who chose Roses with a Red Bow.
Total Number of Students who chose Roses with a Red Bow = 15
Total Number of Students = 15 + 12 + 5 + 8 + 5 + 9 + 17 + 12 + 7 = 90
Proportion of students who chose Roses with a Red Bow = 15/90 = 1/6
Now, to find the number of boxes of roses with red bows Adam would have to order:
Number of boxes = Total number of boxes * Proportion of students who chose Roses with a Red Bow
Number of boxes = 1567 * (1/6)
Number of boxes = 261.167
Rounded to the nearest whole number, Adam would need to order 261 boxes of roses with red bows.
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