Use the table to answer the question.
Type of Movie Number of Visitors
Comedy 12
Action 5
Drama 3
Horror 0
Mystery 18
Thriller 7
Romance 5
A theater owner took a survey of the types of movies their visitors like. Predict how many visitors would like a comedy if they surveyed 1,275 students.
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To predict how many visitors would like a comedy if they surveyed 1,275 students, we can ratio the number of visitors for each type of movie from the given data.
Since there were 12 visitors who liked comedy out of a total of 50 visitors (12 + 5 + 3 + 0 + 18 + 7 + 5 = 50), the ratio of visitors who liked comedy to the total number of visitors is 12/50.
To predict how many visitors would like comedy if they surveyed 1,275 students, we can use the ratio:
12/50 = x/1275
Cross multiply to solve for x:
50x = 12 * 1275
50x = 15300
x = 15300 / 50
x = 306
Therefore, if they surveyed 1,275 students, we can predict that approximately 306 visitors would like a comedy.