Question

A local library manager randomly surveys 40 patrons about the type of book they borrow when they visit the library. the manager finds that three patrons borrow novels. If the local library has 345 patrons, approximately how many of them borrow novels when they visit the library? Round your answer to the nearest whole number

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

To estimate how many patrons borrow novels, we can use the proportion of patrons surveyed who borrowed novels.

Proportion of patrons surveyed who borrow novels = 3/40

Now we can use this proportion to estimate the number of patrons out of 345 who borrow novels:

Number of patrons who borrow novels = (3/40) * 345 ≈ 25.875

Rounded to the nearest whole number, approximately 26 patrons out of the 345 patrons in the local library borrow novels when they visit the library.